Pietro Maffi

Pietro Cardinal Maffi ( born October 12, 1858 in Corteolona, Pavia, Italy, † March 17, 1931 in Pisa) was Archbishop of Pisa.

Life

Pietro Maffi received his philosophical and theological education in the seminary of Pavia. He completed his studies with a doctorate in theology in 1881, and received the sacrament of Holy Orders. He then worked as a lecturer for the subjects of systematic philosophy and natural sciences at the seminary of Pavia. He founded in Pavia a museum of natural history and a meteorological observatory. In addition, he was for many years published a journal for physics and mathematics. In 1901 he received the appointment as Prosynodal - examiner and was an associate member of the scientific academy of Parma.

1902 he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII. Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Ravenna. The bishop ordained Pietro Maffi by Cardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Only a year later, Pietro Maffi, Archbishop of Pisa. 1904 appointed him to the Pope as director and administrator of the Vatican Observatory. In 1907, Pope Pius X as cardinal priest with the titular church of San Crisogono in the College of Cardinals to. Pietro Maffi took in the years 1914 and 1922 part of the conclave. In 1930, he led wedding celebration of the Italian Crown Prince Umberto and Princess Marie José of Belgium. Pietro Maffi died on March 17, 1931 in Pisa and was buried in the local Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta.