About Raffaele Fornari
Lived 1787 – 1854 (aged 67). Raffaele Fornari was a catholic priest, nuncio and catholic bishop.
Raffaele Fornari (23 January 1787, in Rome, Italy – 15 June 1854, in Rome) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a member of the Papal diplomacy and was nuntius to Belgium in 1842, to France 1842–1851, and prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education 1851–1854.
He was named as a cardinal in pectore in 1846 by Pope Pius IX and the nomination was formally published later in 1850.
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Catholic cardinal
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Raffaele Fornari was born on 23 January 1787 in Rome.
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Raffaele Fornari died on 15 June 1854 in Rome.
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Raffaele Fornari was a catholic priest, nuncio and catholic bishop.
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