Sisto Riario Sforza
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Venerable Sisto Riario Sforza |
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| Archbishop of Naples | |
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| Archdiocese | Naples |
| In office | 24 November 1845 - 29 September 1877 |
| Predecessor | Filippo Giudice Caracciolo |
| Successor | Guglielmo Sanfelice d'Acquavilla |
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| Ordination | 1 September 1833 by Filippo Guidice Caracciolo |
| Consecration | 25 May 1845 by Mario Mattei |
| Created Cardinal | 19 January 1846 by Pope Pius IX |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Sisto Riario Sforza |
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December 5, 1810 Naples, Italy |
| Died | September 29, 1877 (aged 66) Naples, Kingdom of Italy |
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| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Venerable |
Sisto Riario Sforza (5 December 1810 – 29 September 1877) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.
On Thursday 28 June 2012 Pope Benedict XVI, in an audience with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, decreed that the Servant of God Cardinal Sforza had lived a life of heroic Christian virtues, further advancing his formal cause for canonization and giving him the title "Venerable". Now, if a (usually medical) miracle is found to be attributable to his intercession, he can be beatified; if another is verified after beatification, he can be canonized.
Sforza was born in Naples, Italy and belonged to the noble House of Riario-Sforza. He was the son of Giovanni Antonio Riario Sforza and Maria Gaetana Cattaneo della Volta.
Sforza was a nephew of Cardinal Tommaso Riario Sforza who announced the election of Pope Pius IX and who also held the position of Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 35 years before his nephew from 1828 to 1830. Other cardinals belonging to his family were Pietro Riario, O.F.M., Raffaele Riario and .
Sforza was educated at the Roman Seminary, Rome, the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles, Rome and La Sapienza University, Rome. He obtained a Doctorate in Theology by apostolic brief on 23 April 1845. On 1 January 1825 he received the ecclesiastical habit, followed by the clerical tonsure on 13 February 1825. Minor orders were received on 25 December 1826, subdiaconate on 21 April 1832 and he was ordained a priest on 1 September 1833 by Filippo Giudice Caracciolo who he later replaced as Archbishop of Naples.
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