Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei

Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei (23 March 1811, Recanati, Marche — 21 April 1883) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Latin Patriarch of Constantinople from 1866 to 1875, and was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Pius IX in 1875.

Biography Antici Mattei was born in Recanati to Carlo Teodoro Antici, marquis and baron of Pescia, and Anna Maria Mattei. A member of the house of Mattei, he was related to Cardinals Girolamo Mattei, Gaspare Mattei, Alessandro Mattei, Mario Mattei, and Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei.

He received the Sacrament of Confirmation on 4 July 1813. In 1818 he entered Collegio Nazareno, and studied at the Collegio Romano from 1826 to 1832. He received the Tonsure on 12 May 1831, followed by minor orders (8 September 1831), subdiaconate (2 February 1834) and diaconate (25 March 1834).