Luigi Pallotti (30 March 1829 – 31 July 1890) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked for a time in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and then in the Roman Curia.
He studied at Collegio Romano and became secretary to Cardinal Karl August von Reisach.
He participated in several diplomatic missions of the Holy See, among them as auditor in the nunciature in Spain in 1857, representing Pope Pius IX at the baptism of future King Alfonso XIII in 1886, and joining in the negotiations leading to the Spanish concordat of 1867.
He was Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State and secretary of the cipher,[a] beginning 16 November 1880.
[4] He received his red biretta and was assigned the deaconry of Santa Maria ad Martyres on 26 May 1887.