Augusto Theodoli

Augusto Theodoli (18 September 1819 – 26 June 1892) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who, as the son of a noble family, filled assignments that associated him closely with the papal household, ceremonies, and basilicas. He became a cardinal in 1889.

Biography Augustine Theobaldi was born in Rome on 18 September 1819, into a noble family. He was related to Cardinal Mario Theodoli (1601–1650). Though his behavior when young would not have suggested it, he chose a clerical career.

During the reign of Pope Gregory XVI, he became a canon of Santa Maria Maggiore. Under Pope Pius IX, in 1847, he became a canon of the Lateran Basilica. In 1850, he was charged with delivering the red biretta to the new Cardinal , archbishop of Olmutz, in Vienna.

On 30 March 1882, he was appointed majordomo and prefect of the Pontifical Palaces. and Theodoli received his red biretta and was assigned the deaconry of Santa Maria della Scala on 10 June 1886. On 18 March 1889, he was named a member of the Council for the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.

He died in Rome on 26 June 1892 after a brief illness. He was buried in his family's tomb in Campo Verano cemetery.