Luigi Aloisio Riccio was a Sicilian Bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. [1] He was one of two (the other being Edward Fitzgerald) to vote against the doctrine of papal infallibility, which received 433 votes in support, in the 1870 First Vatican Council. [2]
Riccio was born in Naples on 28 October 1817, was ordained priest on 5 June 1841, became Bishop of Monopoli in 1859, and of Caiazzo in 1860, serving in the latter capacity until his death on 9 November 1873, at the age of 56 years. [3]
Luigi Aloisio Riccio was a Sicilian Bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. [1] He was one of two (the other being Edward Fitzgerald) to vote against the doctrine of papal infallibility, which received 433 votes in support, in the 1870 First Vatican Council. [2]
Riccio was born in Naples on 28 October 1817, was ordained priest on 5 June 1841, became Bishop of Monopoli in 1859, and of Caiazzo in 1860, serving in the latter capacity until his death on 9 November 1873, at the age of 56 years. [3]