Luigi Cardinal Ruffo Scilla †

Deceased

Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1750		Born
20 May 1780	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Apr 1785	34.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
24 Apr 1785	34.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
30 Apr 1785	34.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy
23 Aug 1793	42.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor
Sep 1793³	43.0	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy
1800²	49.3	Ceased	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor
23 Feb 1801	50.4	Elevated to Cardinal
9 Aug 1802	51.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
9 Aug 1802	51.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
17 Nov 1832	82.2	Died	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Luigi Ruffo Scilla
(VIAF: 89054901; WikiData: Q764848)
Luigi Cardinal Ruffo Scilla (born 25 Aug 1750, died 17 Nov 1832) Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}

Consistory - February 1801: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1823: Participated
Conclave - 1829: Participated
Conclave - 1830/1831: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Sant’Onofrio, Diocese of Mileto
Ordained Bishop San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a priest for 52.4 years
a bishop for 47.5 years
a cardinal for 31.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Saverio Cardinal de Zelada †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Martino Bianchi †
Archbishop of Lucca
Bishop Pier Luigi Galletti, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Cyrene

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francesco Saverio Cardinal de Zelada † (1766)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Marcello Maria Benci † (1807)
Archbishop Salvatore Maria Caccamo, O.E.S.A. † (1815)
Bishop Francesco Saverino Buonomo † (1818)
Bishop Ambrosi de Magistris † (1818)
Bishop Raffaele Longobardi † (1819)
Bishop Michelangelo Buono † (1819)
Bishop Nicola Carelli † (1820)
Bishop Domenico Lombardi † (1821)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sant’Onofrio, Diocese of Mileto
Ordained Bishop	San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 90
b/c2+: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 23 Feb 1801
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 278
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1785, Number 15
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 258
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 45

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