Giuseppe Pecci


Giuseppe Pecci

Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Agata dei Goti
Photo of Cardinal Pecci in 1887.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed15 May 1879
Term ended8 February 1890
PredecessorFrédéric de Fallorx du Cordray
SuccessorAndreas Steinhuber
Other post(s)Cardinal Protodeacon (1887–90)
Previous post(s)Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Studies (1884–87)
Orders
Ordination6 February 1837
Created cardinal12 May 1879
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Giuseppe Pecci

(1807-12-13)13 December 1807
Died8 February 1890(1890-02-08) (aged 82)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedCampo Verano, Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
DenominationCatholic (Roman Rite)
ParentsDominico Ludovico Pecci
Anna Prosperi Buz
Alma materCollegium Romanum
Coat of armsGiuseppe Pecci's coat of arms

Giuseppe Pecci S.J. (13 December 1807 – 8 February 1890) was a Jesuit Thomist theologian whose younger brother, Vincenzo, became Pope Leo XIII and appointed him a cardinal. The Neo-Thomist revival, which Pecci and Leo XIII originated in 1879, remained the leading papal philosophy until Vatican II.


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