Luigi Rotelli

Luigi Rotelli (26 July 1833 – 15 September 1891) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was a bishop and a diplomat in the service of the Holy See. He was made a cardinal in June 1891, just weeks before his death.

Biography Luigi Rotelli (sometimes rendered "Roteili")

He was named Nuncio to France on 23 May 1887.

Pope Leo made him a cardinal of the order of cardinal priests on 1 June 1891. He received his red biretta from French President Sadi Carnot, but was never invested by the pope with the other symbols of his new rank, nor assigned a titular church.

Rotelli died after a brief bout of typhoid fever on 15 September 1891. He was buried Rome's Campo Verano cemetery.

Honors The Grand Cross of Medjdieh from the Ottoman sultan The Order of the Lion and the Sun from the Shah of Persia