Luigi Giuseppe Nazari di Calabiana | |
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| Archbishop of Milan | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 27 March 1867 |
| Term ended | 23 October 1893 |
| Predecessor | Paolo Angelo Ballerini |
| Successor | Andrea Carlo Ferrari |
| Other post | member ofItalian Senate |
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| Ordination | 29 May 1831 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 6 June 1847 (Bishop) by Ugo Pietro Spinola |
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| Born | (1808-07-27)27 July 1808 |
| Died | 23 October 1893(1893-10-23) (aged 85) Milan |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan |
Luigi Giuseppe Nazari di Calabiana (27 July 1808 – 23 October 1893) was an Italian churchman and politician: a senator of theKingdom of Sardinia andArchbishop of Milan.
He was born on 27 July 1808 inSavigliano to Filippo, count ofCalabiana, and the noblewoman Sofia Toesca of the counts of Castezzo.[1][2] On 18 March 1847 he was appointedbishop of Casale Monferrato byCharles Albert of Sardinia and consecrated bishop on 6 June 1847 in Rome by CardinalUgo Pietro Spinola.[3] As bishop of Casale he was involved in the successful campaign to save its ancient Romanesque cathedral from demolition.
On 3 May 1848, he was nominated assenator by kingCharles Albert, taking the oath on 22 May of that year. He unsuccessfully opposed Siccardi reforms of 1850, which were intended to revoke certain ancient privileges which theCatholic Church enjoyed in Piedmont, and he led the opposition to further reforms in 1855, intended to institute a "free church in a free state", provoking theCalabiana crisis which forced the resignation ofCavour, although again the legislation was passed into law.[citation needed]
In 1867 he was named archbishop of Milan byPope Pius IX, and his appointment solved the crisis in such an important and large diocese. Actually, the previous archbishopPaolo Angelo Ballerini of Milan had been suggested by theAustrian emperor, but he was not allowed to enter the town by theKingdom of Sardinia that took possession of theLombardy after theSecond Italian War of Independence. So with the appointment of Nazari di Calabiana Milan again had a residence bishop. In the frame of the hostility between theHoly See and the kingdom of Sardinia (laterKingdom of Italy), Nazari di Calabiana was considered to be on conciliatory positions, while the previous archbishop Ballerini, who during Nazari's reign resided inSeregno near Milan, remained a fierce opponent of the Reign.[4] Nazari di Calabian was never created cardinal.
As archbishop of Milan, Nazari di Calabiana is remembered for his social activity, for the erection of new churches in the suburbs of the town and for the discovery of the relics of SaintAmbrose andGervasius and Protasius founded in an old sarcophagus buried under the altar ofBasilica of Sant'Ambrogio.[4]
At theFirst Vatican Council he was the leader of the minority of Italian bishops who opposed the introduction of the doctrine ofpapal infallibility, but after the proclamation of the dogma he promptly undersigned it. In 2000 it was claimed by one scholar that he was one of the consecrators ofChurch of Englandepiscopus vagansFrederick George Lee in theOrder of Corporate Reunion.[5]
Luigi Nazari di Calabiana died in Milan on 23 October 1893.[4]
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