Editing Antonio Agliardi

{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (1832–1915)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
|type                = Cardinal
|image               = Antonio Agliardi.jpg
|caption             = The then-archbishop pictured sometime in the 1880s.
|honorific_prefix    = [[His Eminence]]
|name                = Antonio Agliardi
|title               = [[Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery]]
|church              = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
|appointed           = 29 June 1908
|term_end            = 19 March 1915
|predecessor         = [[Jean-Allarmet de Brogny]]
|successor           = [[Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo]]
|other_post          = {{unbulleted list|[[Cardinal-Bishop of Albano]] (1899–1915)|[[San Lorenzo in Damaso|Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso]] ''in commendum'' (1903–15)}}
|ordination          = 22 December 1855
|consecration        = 12 October 1884
|consecrated_by      = [[Giovanni Simeoni]]
|cardinal            = 22 June 1896
|created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Leo XIII]]
|rank                = [[Cardinal-Priest]] (1896–99)
|birth_date          = 4 September 1832
|birth_place         = [[Cologno al Serio]], [[Bergamo]], [[Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia]]
|death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=y|1915|03|19|1832|09|04}}
|death_place         = [[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
|parents             = Domenico Agliardi<br/>Lidia Vimercati
|previous_post       = {{unbulleted list|[[Apostolic Nuncio to India|Apostolic Delegate to East India]] (1884–87)|Titular Archbishop of [[Caesarea Maritima]] (1884–96)|[[Congregation for extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs|Pro-Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs]] (1887–88)|Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1888–89)|[[Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria]] (1889–93)|[[Apostolic nuncio to austria|Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary]] (1893–96)|[[Santi Nereo e Achilleo|Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo]] (1896–99)|[[Camerlengo of the Sacred College|Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals]] (1898–99)|Vice-Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery (1903–08)}}
|alma_mater          = [[Roman Seminary]]<br/>[[Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare]]
|coat_of_arms        = Coat of arms of Antonio Agliardi.svg }}

'''Antonio Agliardi''' (4 September 1832 – 19 March 1915) was an Italian [[Roman Catholic]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[archbishop]], and papal diplomat.

==Biography==
Agliardi was born at  [[Cologno al Serio]], in what is now the [[Province of Bergamo]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=377}}

He studied [[Christian theology|theology]] and [[canon law]], and after acting as parish priest in his native diocese for twelve years was sent by the [[pope]] to [[Canada]] as a [[bishop's chaplain]]. On his return he was appointed secretary to the [[Congregation of the Propaganda]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=377}}

In 1884, he was created by [[Pope Leo XIII]] [[Archbishop of Caesarea]] ''in partibus'' and sent to [[Apostolic Nunciature to India|India]] as an [[Apostolic Delegate]] to report on the establishment of the [[hierarchy]] there.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=377}}

In 1887 he again visited India, to carry out the terms of the [[concordat]] arranged with [[Portugal]]. The same year he was appointed secretary of the Congregation ''super negotiis ecclesiae extraordinariis''. In 1889 he became papal [[Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria]] at [[Munich]] and in 1892 at [[Vienna]]. Allowing himself to be involved in the ecclesiastical disputes that divided [[Hungary]] in 1895, he was made the subject of formal complaint by the Hungarian government and in 1896 was recalled.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=377}}

In the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 1896 he was elevated to [[Cardinal-Priest]] of ''[[Santi Nereo e Achilleo]]''. In 1899 he was made [[Cardinal Bishop]] of [[Albano Laziale|Albano]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bagliardi.html|title=Antonio Cardinal Agliardi [Catholic-Hierarchy]|last=Cheney|first=David M.|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2018-05-16}}</ref> In 1903, he was named vice-chancellor of the Catholic Church,{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=377}} and became the Chancellor of the [[Apostolic Chancery]] in the [[Secretariat of State (Vatican)|Secretariat of State]] in 1908.

He died in [[Rome]] and was buried in [[Bergamo]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1922|p=71}}

==Episcopal lineage==

Agliardi's episcopal lineage, or [[apostolic succession]] was:<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcantoni.html |access-date=2019-08-09 |work=Catholic Hierarchy |title=Bishop Oscar Cantoni |author=David M. Cheney}}</ref>
{{cols|colwidth=30em|rules=yes}}
* Cardinal [[Scipione Rebiba]]
* Cardinal [[Giulio Antonio Santorio]]
* Cardinal [[Girolamo Bernerio]]
* [[Archbishop]] [[Galeazzo Sanvitale]]
* Cardinal [[Ludovico Ludovisi]]
* Cardinal [[Luigi Caetani]]
* Cardinal [[Ulderico Carpegna]]
* Cardinal [[Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni]]
* [[Pope Benedict XIII]]
* [[Pope Benedict XIV]]
* Cardinal [[Enrico Enríquez]]
* Archbishop [[Manuel Quintano Bonifaz]]
* Cardinal [[Buenaventura Fernández de Córdoba Spínola]]
* Cardinal [[Giuseppe Doria Pamphili]]
* [[Pope Pius VIII]]
* [[Pope Pius IX]]
* Cardinal [[Alessandro Franchi (cardinal)|Alessandro Franchi]]
* Cardinal [[Giovanni Simeoni]]
* Cardinal Antonio Agliardi
{{colend}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Agliardi, Antonio|volume=1 |page=377}}
*{{EB1922|wstitle=Agliardi, Antonio|volume=30|page=71}}
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==External links==
*[http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bagliardi.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org] [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources|{{sup|{{small|[''self-published'']}}}}]]

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{{s-bef|before = himself as Vice Chancellor}} 
{{s-ttl|title  = [[Chancery of Apostolic Briefs|Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church]]|years  = 1908–1915}} 
{{s-aft|after  = [[Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo]]}}
{{s-bef|before = None}} 
{{s-ttl|title  = [[Apostolic Nunciature to India|Apostolic Delegate to the East Indies]]|years  = 23 Sep 1884{{snd}}9 May 1887}} 
{{s-aft|after  = [[Andrea Aiuti]]}}
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