Raffaele Fornari

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Raffaele Fornari
Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed7 June 1851
Term ended15 June 1854
PredecessorCarlo Vizzardelli
SuccessorGiovanni Brunelli
Other post(s) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1851-54)
Orders
Consecration3 April 1842
by  Engelbert Sterckx
Created cardinal21 December 1846 (in pectore)
30 September 1850 (revealed)
by Pope Pius IX
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth nameRaffaele Fornari
Born23 January 1787
Rome, Papal States
Died15 June 1854(1854-06-15) (aged 67)
Rome, Papal States
Buried Santa Maria sopra Minerva
ParentsFrancesco Fornari
Teresa Galli
Previous post(s)
Alma mater Collegio Romano

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 18421851, and prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education 18511854.

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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