Luigi Giordani

Luigi Giordani (13 October 1822 – 21 April 1893) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked as a papal delegate and held positions in the Roman Curia before serving as Archbishop of Ferrara from 1877 until his death in 1893. He was made a cardinal in 1887.

Biography Luigi Giordani was born on 13 October 1822 in Santa Maria Codifiume in Argenta in Emilia-Romagna.

He studied at the seminaries of Ferrara and Bologna, earning a doctorate in theology. He later obtained a doctorate in law in Rome and then studied diplomacy at the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles. He was ordained a priest on 19 September 1846.

Pope Leo XIII made him a cardinal priest on 14 March 1887. Giordani received his red biretta and was assigned the title of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti on 17 March 1887.

He died on 21 April 1893 in Ferrara and was buried in the Certosa of Ferrara.