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Michelangelo Celesia

Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop (1814–1904)

Field	Value
type	Cardinal
honorific_prefix	His Eminence
name	Michelangelo Celesia
honorific_suffix	O.S.B. Cas.
image	Michelangelo celesia.jpg
title	Archbishop of Palermo
church	Roman Catholic Church
archdiocese	Palermo
see	Palermo
appointed	27 October 1871
term_end	14 April 1904
predecessor	Giovanni Battista Naselli Morso e Montaperto
successor	Alessandro Lualdi
other_post	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco (1887–1904)
ordination	24 July 1836
ordained_by	Domenico Benedetto Balsamo
consecration	15 April 1860
consecrated_by	Girolamo d'Andrea
cardinal	10 November 1884
created_cardinal_by	Pope Leo XIII
rank	Cardinal-Priest
birth_name	Pietro Geremia Celesia
birth_date
birth_place	Palermo, Kingdom of Naples
death_date
death_place	Palermo, Kingdom of Italy
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cardinal name=Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. Cas.| dipstyle=His Eminence| offstyle=Your Eminence| See=Palermo |}} Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. Cas. (13 January 1814 – 14 April 1904) was an Italian Benedictine monk who served as the Archbishop of Palermo from 1871 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1884.

Early life

He was born Pietro Geremia Celesia in Palermo in 1814, the son of Lancellotto Celesia, Marchese of Sant'Antonino, and Giuseppa Caruso Azzolini. Through his sister, Donna Francesca Paola Celesia, he is Gisella Giovenco's 2nd great-granduncle. His paternal grandmother was Isabella Renier, from Venice, daughter of Daniele Renier, who was the brother of the Doge Paolo Renier.

As a teenager, he felt called to become a monk of the Monastery of San Martino della Scala in his native city, which belonged to the Cassinese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was received as a candidate of the monastery in 1833 and, at admission into the novitiate, he was given the religious name of Michelangelo. He made his solemn profession on 15 January 1835 and was ordained to the priesthood on 24 July 1836.

Career

Celesia later served in various positions at the monastery in Palermo from 1840 to 1846, such as lector of philosophy, dean, professor of dogmatic theology. He was then appointed to serve as prior and Master of novices of the congregation's monastery in Messina, and later of in Militello. He was named Abbot of the renowned Abbey of Monte Cassino, by papal decree, on 25 March 1850 and General Procurator of the congregation in 1858, as well as Abbot of Farfa Abbey.

On 23 March 1860 Celesia was appointed Bishop of Patti by Pope Pius IX, receiving his episcopal consecration on the following 15 April from Cardinal Girolamo D'Andrea. The Benedictine attended the First Vatican Council, and was later named Archbishop of Palermo on 27 October 1871.

Pope Leo XIII named him a Cardinal Priest, with his titular church that of Santa Prisca, in the consistory of 13 November 1884. Celesia opted for the titular church of San Marco on 25 November 1887. Although eligible, he was unable to participate in the papal conclave of 1903 due to ill health.

Death

Celesia died in Palermo the following year, at the age of 90, at which time he was the oldest living cardinal. After lying in state in the Palermo Cathedral, he was buried in the church of the Capuchin friars in Palermo. His remains were transferred several years later to a side chapel of the cathedral.

References

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