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Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti (3 August 1800 – 24 September 1861) was an Italian Roman Catholic who served as the Patriarch of Venice. He established the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1850. His cause of beatification has commenced and he was bestowed with the title of Servant of God. ==Biography== Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti was born in Milan on 3 August 1800 as the second of two sons to Giuseppe Ramazzotti and Giulia Maderna. His elder brother was Filippo. He received confirmation in October 1806 and felt his religious vocation which awakened in him a desire to become part of the priesthood. He studied in Pavia where he obtained a doctorate in both canon law and civil law on 10 August 1823. He practiced law until 1826 when he went to become a priest. He received the minor orders on 22 December 1826 and 21 December 1827. Ramazzotti later received the subdiaconate on 14 March 1829 and the diaconate on 4 April 1829. He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 June 1829. He became a member of the Oblate Missionaries of Rho after his ordination. He was elected as the order's superior-general three times. Pope Pius IX appointed him as the Bishop of Pavia in 1850 and he received episcopal consecration a month after the appointment in the church of San Carlo al Corso on 30 June 1850. He wanted to refuse the appointment but accepted in obedience to the pontiff. He was installed on 20 September 1850.〔 He devoted himself to various charitable works and looked after the needs of the people. He visited the sick in hospitals and also created institutions to shelter orphans and abandoned children.〔 He founded the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in 1850 and was later promoted as the Patriarch of Venice in 1858. A surprised Ramazzotti appealed to the pope to rethink the appointment but his pleas were ignored. Official news on 22 August 1861 revealed that Ramazzotti would be promoted to the cardinalate on 27 September 1861 and when he heard he attempted to dissuade Pope Pius IX from the elevation due to his poor health - he suffered from angina pectoris. He also made an appeal to Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli on the grounds on his financial condition that he could not afford the expenses for the cardinalate. Angelo Ramazzotti died on 24 September 1861 in Crespano del Grappa. Giovanni Antonio Farina - future saint - celebrated his funeral and he was buried in Saint Mark's Basilica. His remains were later transferred to Milan on 3 March 1957. The Cardinal Patriarch of Venice Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli and Archbishop of Milan Giovanni Battista Montini - two future popes - presided over the transferral. Roncalli hailed Ramazzotti as a "true saint". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angelo Ramazzotti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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