Italian cardinal of a patrician family. Relator of the Sac. Congr. Ecclesiastical Immunity; secretary of the Sac. Congr. of the Tridentine Council and of the Residence of Bishops; canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica; examiner of bishops in canon law; judge of the extraordinary apostolic visitation ordered by the pope for the Holy Year, 1824. Bishop of Orvieto. After the division of the Secretariat of State into two sections in 1833, Gregory XVI named him Secretary of State for Internal Affairs and Prefect of the Sac. Consulta, of the Sac. Congr. Laurentana, the military and sanitary congregations. Prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Justice. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.
 
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed, one page with integral address panel, 1822. Addressed to civil lawyer Tinelli on matters pertaining to the Sacred Tribunal. Directs Tinelli to submit further documentation for review. Usual folds and light toning but, overall, very good to fine.
 
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