Prospero Caterini
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His Eminence, the Most Rev. Lord Prospero Caterini |
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| Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Universal and Roman Inquisition | |
Prospero Caterini
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Installed | 21 December 1876 |
| Term ended | 28 October 1881 |
| Predecessor | Costantino Patrizi Naro |
| Successor | Antonio Maria Panebianco |
| Other posts |
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata Cardinal-Protodeacon |
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| Created Cardinal | 7 Mar 1853 by Pope Pius IX |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1795 Onano, Lazio, Papal States |
| Died |
28 October 1881 (aged 86) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Buried | Chapel of the confraternity of the Most Precious Blood, Campo Verano cemetery, Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Francesco Caterini and Maria Domenica Pacelli |
Prospero Caterini (15 October 1795, Onano – 28 October 1881, Rome) was an Italian cardinal.
Prospero Caterini was born in Onano, diocese of Acquapendente in the region of Lazio in what was then the Papal States. His parents were Francesco Caterini and Maria Domenica Pacelli both from noble families. Prospero's paternal aunt, Maria Antonia Caterini was married to another Pacelli, Gaetano Pacelli thus making Prospero Caterini a relative to the Pacelli family on both his mother's and father's sides. Maria Antonia Caterini and Gaetano Pacelli were the parents of Marcantonio Pacelli, who served as minister of finance for Pope Gregory XVI and deputy minister of interior under Pope Pius IX from 1851 to 1870 and also founded the newspaper L’Osservatore Romano on July 20, 1860. Years later, Eugenio Pacelli, one of Marcantonio's grandsons was elected to the papacy as Pope Pius XII.
The Caterinis themselves traced their nobility to the Cattanei or Cattaneo family, specifically to Gualdo Cattaneo whose family were the Counts of Aversa in 1520. The name "Caterini" was taken due to the family's devotion to St. Catherine of Alexandria. Those with the surname Caterini later became part of the nobility of Nocera Umbra, Acquapendente and Onano.
Prospero Caterini completed his studies in Rome. No information has been found as to his ordination history. He served as the substitute secretary of the Sacred Congregation Consistorial and was later the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Studies. From March 1, 1841 to November 28, 1845, he was Auditor Santissimi. He was a canon of Saint Peter's Basilica and became an Assessor of the Sacred Congregation of the Inquisition.
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