Italian cardinal; from a distinguished line of cardinals. Great grand-nephew of Clement XI. Held numerous clerical posts beginning in 1775. Created a cardinal in 1801. Pro-secretary of Memorials, March 26, 1808. During the French occupation of Rome, took refuge in Vienna, 1808-1814, and returned to the city after the fall of Emperor Napoléon I Bonaparte. Granted a three year dispensation to receive the sacred orders, September 30, 1814. Prefect of the S.C. of Good Government, May 20, 1817 to January 30, 1824. Opted for the deaconry of S. Eustachio, October 2, 1818. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, 1821 to 1822. Granted a six month dispensation to receive the sacred orders, March 12, 1823. Participated in the conclave of 1823, which elected Pope Leo XII; presented the veto of Emperor Francis I of Austria against the election of Cardinal Antonio Gabriele Severoli. Decorated with the grand cross of the Austrian Order of Sankt Stefan, 1823. Secretary of Secret Domestic Briefs, January 30, 1824. Apostolic legate in Bologna, December 10, 1824. Opted for the deaconry of S. Maria in Via Lata, January 28, 1828. Cardinal protodeacon. Participated in the conclave of 1829, which elected Pope Pius VIII; he crowned the new pope on April 5, 1829. Secretary of State, March 31, 1829 until November 30, 1830. Secretary of Apostolic Briefs, for life, April 15, 1829. Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, April 23, 1830 until his death. Participated in the conclave of 1830-1831, which elected Pope Gregory XVI; he crowned the new pope on February 6, 1831. Legate in Urbino and Pesaro and commissary extraordinary to reestablish order in the Legations, June 21, 1831.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed, one page, 1822, to an unnamed monsignor. The Cardinal advises that he is aware of the documents delivered to Count Miniscalchi, and informs Mr. Gaetano Diamilla of the Congregation of Good Government, who was in charge of the matter, that the documents could be delivered. He hopes that Diamilla has already fulfilled the task assigned him by Cardinal Albani.
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