Felix Cicaterri

Who was Felix Cicaterri?

Felix Cicaterri, was the 3rd President of Santa Clara University, California, United States. He was also a one-time rector of Verona's Jesuit College. In 1848 he was made president of the Jesuit College at Vienna now the University of Vienna. After immigrating to the United States he was a professor of Divinity at St. John's College in Fordham New York. Later he taught Philosophy at Georgetown College in United States. On March 11, 1857 Felix Cicaterri was appointed Santa Clara University's 3rd president and inherited the financial woes created by construction projects. Felix Cicaterri was removed from the University's Presidency in 1861 due to Rome's displeasure. On January 1873 he was sent to the College of the Sacred Heart in Woodstock Maryland where he died July 15, 1873.