(1) 1. MORIGIA, B., Giacomo Antonio (1633-1708)
Birth. February 23, 1633, Milan (1). His first name is also listed as Jacopo. His baptismal name was Giovanni Ippolito.
Education. Entered the order of the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites), 1651; took the name Giacomo Antonio. University of Pavia, Pavia.
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Lector of philosophy and theology in Macerata and Milan. Notable preacher throughout Italy. Declined election to superior general of his order. Theologian of Cosimo III, grand duke of Tuscany, and preceptor of his eldest son Ferdinando, 1674.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of San Miniato, September 1, 1681. Consecrated, September 14, 1681, Rome, by Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Florence, February 15, 1683. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, July 15, 1692.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal and reserved in pectore in the consistory of December 12, 1695; published in the consistory of December 19, 1698; received the red hat and the title of S. Cecilia, April 11, 1699. Archpriest of the patriarchal Liberian basilica, April 20, 1699. Resigned government of the archdiocese, October 23, 1699. Legate a latere for the opening and closing of the holy door of the patriarchal Liberian basilica in the Jubilar Holy Year of 1700. Participated in the conclave of 1700. Transferred to the see of Pavia, with personal title of archbishop, January 24, 1701.
Death. October 8, 1708, Pavia. Exposed and buried in the cathedral of Pavia.
Link. His engraving by Louis David and Arnauld Van Westerhaut.
(1) Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Chiesa Romana, VIII, 26, indicates that he entered the order of the Barnabites in 1651 when he was thirteen years old so he would have been born in 1638.
(2) 2. TANARA, Sebastiano Antonio (1650-1724)
Birth. April 10, 1650, Rome (1). Nephew of Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna (1670). His last name is also listed as Tanari.
Education. University of Bologna, Bologna (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, April 10, 1671). Received the ecclesiastical tonsure, May 21, 1674. After graduation, went to Paris with Nuncio Pietro Bargellini and later visited several European cities and regions.
Early life. Called to Rome by his uncle. Protonotary apostolic in the pontificate of Pope Clement X (1670-1676). Internuncio in Flanders, 1675-1687. Sent in a secret mission to King James II of England, who had converted to Catholicism.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Damasco, with dispensation for only having received the tonsure, April 28, 1687. Nuncio in Cologne, April 30, 1687. Granted dispensation to receive the sacred orders and the presbyterate outside Ember days, May 23, 1687. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, December 21, 1689. Nuncio in Portugal, May 26, 1690; delivered the fascie sent by Pope Alexander VIII for the newborn Infant Prince of Brazil, son of the king of Portugal. Nuncio in Austria, March 15, 1692.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of Ss. Quattri Coronati, May 21, 1696. Abbot of Nonantola. Participated in the conclave of 1700. Prefect of the S.C. of the Ecclesiastical Immunity. Legate in Urbino, April 23, 1703; legation prorogated for a triennium, May 23, 1705; prorogated for a second time, April 27, 1709; and for a third time, May 14, 1712. Opted for the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Frascati, April 1, 1715. Opted for the suburbicarian see of Ostia e Velletri, proper of the dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, March 3, 1721. Participated in the conclave of 1721. Participated in the conclave of 1724; he had to leave the conclave because of a serious illness on April 15, 1724.
Death. May 5, 1724, around 5 :30 a.m., in his Roman palace, during the sede vacante. Transferred on May 7 to the church of S. Maria della Vittoria, Rome, where the funeral took place, and buried in that same church.
Bibliography. Squicciarini, Donato. Nunzi apostolici a Vienna. Città del Vaticano : Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1998, pp. 147-148.
Links. Biography, in Italian; his tomb in S. Maria della Vittoria, Rome; and his funeral monument in the same church.
(1) This is according to Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, V, 180, but the archive of the cathedral of Frascati indicates that he was born in Bologna in 1651 while other authors such as Grandi, and Moroni, say that he was born in 1649 in Rome of the noble Bolognese family of the marquis della Serra. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, VIII, 29, says that he was born in Rome because his parents, from Bologna, were visiting the city for the Holy Year Jubilee of 1650. Zedler, Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste, indicates that he was born on July 8, 1650.
(3) 3. BONCOMPAGNI, Giacomo (1652-1731)
Birth. May 15, 1652, Isola, diocese of Sora. His first name is also listed as Jacopo. Of the family of the dukes of Sora. Grand-nephew of Cardinal Francesco Boncompagni (1621) and nephew of Cardinal Girolamo Boncompagni, archbishop of Bologna (1664).
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, March 30, 1676).
Early life. Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta at a very young age. Willing to enter the ecclesiastical state, went to Rome. Governor of Orvieto in 1676. Vice-governor of Fermo in the pontificate of Pope Alexander VIII (1689-1691).
Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Bologna, with dispensation for not having yet received the sacred orders, April 17, 1690. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, May 4, 1690. Consecrated, May 7, 1690, Rome by (no information found).
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria in Via, January 2, 1696. Legate a latere to bless the marriage of future Emperor Joseph I of Austria and Wilhelmina-Amalia von Brunswick-Lünenberg. Participated in the conclave of 1700. Participated in the conclave of 1721. Participated in the conclave of 1724. Opted for the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Albano, retaining the administration of the archdiocese of Bologna, June 12, 1724. Participated in the conclave of 1731.
Death. March 24, 1731, in the convent of the Theatines, Rome. Transferred on March 27, 1731, to the church of S. Andrea delle Valle, Rome, where the funeral took place. Buried in that church, temporarily, until his body was translated to the metropolitan cathedral of Bologna and buried in his family's chapel dedicated to S. Rocco, next to his uncle Cardinal Girolamo.
Bibliography. Meluzzi, Luciano. I vescovi e gli arcivescovi di Bologna. Bologna : Grafica Emiliana, 1975, (Collana storico-ecclesiastica; 3), pp. 460-467.
Link. His engraving by N. Dorigny and A. Lesma.
(4) 4. CAVALLERINI, Giovanni Giacomo (1639-1699)
Birth. February 16, 1639, Rome. His first name is also listed as Gian Iagopo. Roman noble of a family originally from Modena. His parents were Guarnerio Cavallerini, distinguished juris consult, and Veturia Bonaventura.
Education. Received from the Jesuits his basic education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law).
Early life. Lawyer of the Roman Curia. Entered the ecclesiastical state. Domestic prelate in the pontificate of Pope Alexander VIII who named him lieutenant of the auditor of the papal chamber, post that he occupied for twenty years. Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota. Received the minor orders, March 19, 1692; subdiaconate, March 23, 1692; diaconate, March 25, 1692.
Priesthood. Ordained, March 30, 1692.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Nicea, June 25, 1692. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, June 29, 1692. Consecrated, June 30, 1692, Rome, by Cardinal Fabrizio Spada. Nuncio in France, July 1, 1692.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of S. Bartolomeo all'Isola, May 21, 1696. Prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Justice, May 16, 1696.
Death. February 18, 1699, at noon, in his Roman palace, after a brief illness. Exposed in the church of S. Carlo ai Catinari, where the funeral took place on February 19, 1699, at 9 p.m., and buried in front of the chapel of S. Paolo in that same church.
Link. His tomb in the church of S. Carlo ai Catinari, Rome.
(5) 5. CACCIA, Federico (1635-1699)
Birth. 1635, Milan. Of a noble Novarese family.
Education. University of Pavia, Pavia (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Member of Collegio de' nobili giurisconsulti of Milan. Moved to Rome and became consistorial lawyer in the pontificate of Pope Clement X. Rector of the Archgimnasium of Rome for four years. Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota. Lieutenant of the Holy Office. Almoner of Pope Innocent XI. Had earlier declined appointments to the sees of Lucca, Novara, and Cremona.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Laodicea, January 2, 1693. Consecrated, January 4, 1693, Rome, by Cardinal Galeazzo Marescotti. Nuncio in Spain, January 5, 1693. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, January 6, 1693. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Milan, April 13, 1693.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of S. Pudenziana, August 13, 1696.
Death. January 14, 1699, in the archiepiscopal palace of Milan. Exposed in the metropolitan cathedral of Milan, and buried in front of the altar of the Madonna del Albero in that same cathedral. Left all his possessions to the poor.
Link. His engraving by Lodovico David, Museo di Roma, Rome.
(6) 6. VERME, Taddeo Luigi dal (1641-1717)
Birth. February 16, 1641, Piacenza. Baptized the following day. Of an ancient and illustrious family. Son of Giovanni Maria dal Verme, count of Sanguineto, and Ottavia Meli-Lupi di Soragna, of the marquises of Soragna. Nephew of Cardinal Savo Millini (1681) and relative of Cardinals Girolamo Farnese (1657) and Mario Alberizzi (1675).
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, January 26, 1688).
Early life. Received the clerical tonsure in 1650 when he was nine years old. Resigned his primogeniture in 1664 to become a priest. Went to Rome in 1664 and accompanied Nuncio Mario Alberici to Vienna.
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Prefect of the episcopal palace of Fano. Declined several times the promotion offered by the duke of Parma to the episcopal see of that city. Pope Innocent XI obligated him to accept the see of Fano.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Fano, December 20, 1688. Consecrated (no information found).
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; with dispensation for having an uncle in the Sacred College of Cardinals; received the red hat and the title of S. Alessio, January 2, 1696. Transferred to the see of Imola, January 2, 1696. Participated in the conclave of 1700. Promoted to the archiepiscopal see of Ferrara, March 14, 1702.
Death. January 12, 1717, Ferrara. Exposed and buried in the cathedral of Ferrara.
Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1794, VIII, 34-36; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1952, V, 19, 43, 198 and 201.
(7) 7. CENCI, seniore, Baldassare (1648-1709)
Birth. 1648, Rome. Son of Virginio Cenci and Maria Vittoria Verospi. Uncle of Cardinal Baldassare Cenci, iuniore (1761). Other cardinals of the family are Tiberio Cenci (1645) and Serafino Cenci (1734).
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law).
Early life. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace. Vice-legate in Avignon, September 26, 1685.
Priesthood. Ordained, August 26, 1691.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Larissa, August 27, 1691. Consecrated, September 30, 1691, Rome, by Cardinal Fabrizio Spada. Prefect of the Cubiculi of His Holiness, August 28, 1691. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, December 3, 1691.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal and reserved in pectore in the consistory of December 12, 1695; published in the consistory of November 11, 1697; received the red hat and the title of S. Pietro in Montorio, December 2, 1691. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Fermo, November 20, 1697. Participated in the conclave of 1700.
Death. May 26, 1709, at 5 p.m., in the archiepiscopal palace of Fermo. Exposed in the metropolitan cathedral of Fermo, and buried in the chapel of the Madonna in that cathedral.
(8) 8. FERRARI, O.P., Tommaso Maria (1649-1716)
Birth. December 2, 1649, Casalnuovo. His baptismal name was Pieragostino.
Education. Entered the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), 1662; took the name Tommaso Maria. (No further educational information found). When two of his brothers, who had also joined the order, died during the novitiate, he was asked to return home but refused. Sent to study in Rome.
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Lector of philosophy in the convent of S. Tommaso, Naples. Named master of his order, 1677. Lector of theology in the convent of Bologna, 1685; during his tenure he became a very close friend of Cardinal Antonio Pignatelli, legate and future Pope Innocent XII. Master of the Sacred Palace, 1688. Acting apostolic preacher of the Sacred Palace during the illness of the preacher.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of S. Clemente, January 2, 1696. Prefect of the S.C. of the Index. Participated in the conclave of 1700. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, January 14, 1704 until January 26, 1705.
Death. August 20, 1716, at 8:30 p.m., Rome. Exposed in the church of S. Sabina, Rome, where the funeral took place, and buried in that same church.
(9) 9. SACRIPANTE, Giuseppe (1642-1727)
Birth. March 19, 1642 (or 1643), Narni (1). His last name is also listed as Sacripanti. Uncle of Cardinal Carlo Maria Sacripante (1739)
Education. Studied letters, and then, law in Rome. (No further educational information found).
Early life. Worked with Giacomo Prioli, auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota, whom he succeeded when the auditor fell gravely ill. Consistorial lawyer, 1683. Sub-datary, April 17, 1687; confirmed in his post by the new Pope Alexander VIII, October 10, 1689; and again by Pope Innocent XII, July 16, 1691. Abbreviatore of the Roman Curia, November 6, 1688. Canon of the patriarchal Lateran Basilica. Secretary of the Congregations of Avignon and Loreto. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, retaining his post of consistorial lawyer, April 24, 1690. Secretary of Memorials, retaining the subdatary, 1695.
Sacred orders. (No information found).
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria in Traspontina, January 2, 1696. Prefect of the S.C. of the Tridentine Council, January 2, 1696 until December 4, 1700. Participated in the conclave of 1700. Pro-datary, December 4, 1700. Prefect of the S.C. of Propaganda Fide, December 9, 1704 until his death. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, January 26, 1705 until January 25, 1706. Opted for the title of S. Prassede, March 3, 1721. Participated in the conclave of 1721. Participated in the conclave of 1724. Opted for the title of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, July 31, 1726, Cardinal primoprete.
Death. January 4, 1727, Rome. Exposed in the church of S. Ignazio, Rome, where the funeral took place, and buried in the tomb he had built for himself in that same church (2).
Bibliography. Del Re, Nicola. "I cardinali prefetti della sacra congregazione del concilio dalle origini ad oggi (1564-1964)." Apollinaris, XXXVII (1964), pp. 123-124 Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen V (1667-1730). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1952, pp. 19, 46, 48, 50 and 59.
Link. His tomb in the church of S. Ignazio, Rome.
(1) Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, V, 19, indicates that he died when he was 84 years old, and Cardella Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Chiesa Romana, VIII, 44, says that he was 85 years old at his death.
(2) This is the text of the inscription on his tomb taken from the picture linked above: D. O . M. IOSEPH. S. R. E. CARDINALIS. SACRIPANTES. CLEMENTIS. XI. PONT. MAX. PRODATARIVS. ET. SACRÆ. CONGREGATIONI. DE. PROPAGANDA. FIDE. PRÆFECTVS. SANCTO. IOSEPHO. PATRONO. SVO. SACELLVM. CENSV. ANNO. DIVINÆ. REI. QVOTIDIE. IN. EO. FACIENDÆ. CONSTITVTO. SIBI. SVISQVE. SEPULCHRVM. POSVIT. ANNO. DNI. MDCCXII.
(10) 10. SFONDRATI, O.S.B., Celestino (1644-1696)
Birth. January 10, 1644, Milan. Of an ancient and illustrious family. Son of Marquis Valeriano Sfondrati, commissary general in the Spanish army, and Paola Camilla Marliana. Grand-nephew of Pope Gregory XIV (1590-1591), and grand-nephew of Cardinal Francesco Sfondrati (1544) and nephew of Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1590).
Education. Benedictine school at Rorschach, Bodensee, 1656. Entered the Order of Saint Benedict, April 26, 1660, in the monastery of Sankt Gall (or Saint-Gall), Switzerland; changed his baptismal name, Valentino, to Celestino. Received the minor orders, May 14, 1665; subdiaconate, September 19, 1665; diaconate, September 24, 1667. Taught philosophy and theology at Kempten, while a deacon, 1667. Benedictine University of Salzburg (doctorates in theology, 1679, and canon law).
Priesthood. Ordained, April (or May) 26, 1668. Celebrated his first mass, June 3, 1668. In the monastery of Sankt Gall, professor of philosophy, December 31, 1670; theology, 1671; and master of novices, July 20, 1675. Professor of canon law, Benedictine University of Salzburg, 1679-1683. Returned to Sankt Gall in 1683 and for a brief time was pastor of a small country church near Rorschach. Vicar general of the abbot of Sankt Gall, 1683. The pope called him to Rome on October 30, 1686, to appoint him bishop of Novara. He reluctantly accepted the promotion but did not occupy the see because he was elected prince-abbot of St. Gall, March (or April) 17, 1687. Strongly supported the rights of the Holy See and opposed Gallicanism and Jansenism. Published numerous works in theology, apologetics, and canon law, among other topics.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of S. Cecilia, February 20, 1696.
Death. September 4, 1696, in the hospice next to the house of probation of the Society of Jesus, adjoining the church of S. Andrea al Quirinale, Rome. Exposed in his title, where the funeral took place of February 6, 1696, and buried in that same church. His heart was brought to the monastery of Sankt Gallen.
Link. Biography, in English; and another biography, in German.
(11) 11. NORIS, O.E.S.A., Enrico (1631-1704)
Birth. August 29, 1631, Verona. Of Irish ancestry (1). His first name is also listed as Errico. His baptismal name was Girolamo.
Education. Jesuit school, Rimini (rhetoric and logic), 1646. Entered the Order of the Hermits of Saint Augustine, 1647; novitiate of Rimini; took the name Enrico; after probation, Augustinian general study, Rome (philosophy and theology, 1650-1654).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Professor of philosophy and theology in Pesaro, 1658-1662; Perugia, 1662-1663; Florence, 1664-1666; Padua, 1666-1671; and Rome, 1671-1672. Magister of theology, 1663. Some of the works he published in 1673, in history and theology, produced much controversy although they had been approved by a special commission in Rome. He even went to Rome to explain his orthodoxy before that commission. Pope Clement X appointed him one of the qualificators of the Holy Office, recognizing his knowledge and orthodox doctrine. In spite of this, more charges were presented accusing him of Jansenism and Bajanismus (1). Grand duke Cosimo III of Tuscany, called him to Florence and named him his personal theologian and professor of church history, University of Pisa, 1674-1692. Declined promotion to the see of Pistoia as well as other promotions offered by Popes Clement X and Innocent XI. First custos of the Vatican library, May 16, 1692.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of S. Agostino, January 2, 1696. Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, March 6, 1700 until his death. Participated in the conclave of 1700. His complete works were published in five volumes folio by the Ballerini Brothers, Verona, 1729-1741.
Death. February 23, 1704, at 3 p.m., Rome. Exposed in his title, where the funeral took place, and buried in that same church.
Bibliography. Martínez, Agustín M. Introducción a la teología del cardenal Enrique Noris, agustino (1631-1704). Santiago, Chile : Imp. Lathrop, 1946; Nicaise, Claude, 1686-1701. Lettres de l'abbi Nicaise au cardinal Noris (1686-1701). Besançon : Typographie et lithographic Jacquin, 1903; Rojo Martínez, Fernando. "Ensayo bibliográfico de Noris, Bellelli y Berti," Analecta Augustiniana. XXVI (1963), 294-331; Wernicke, Michael Klaus. Kardinal Enrico Noris und siene Verteidigung Augustins. Würzburg : Augustinus-Verlag, 1973.
Links. Biography, in English; another biography, in German; his engraving by Benedetto Fariat (or Farjat); and his tomb in the church of S. Agostino, Rome.
(1) According to Martínez, Introducción a la teología del Cardenal Enrique Noris, p. 7, his grandfather, James Noris, was an Irishman who migrated to Cyprus and had to escape when the Turks of Selim II conquered the island in 1570. With his family, he settled in Verona.
(2) On July 31, 1748, Pope Benedict XIV sent a brief to the prefect of the Spanish inquisition ordering the name of Noris to be removed from list of forbidden books. The pope said that the charges had never been proved; had been rejected several times by the S.C. of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, and repudiated by several popes who had recognized and honored him.
(12) 12. SPINOLA, iuniore, Giambattista (1646-1719)
Birth. August 4, 1646, Genoa. Nephew of Cardinals Giulio Spinola (1666) and Giambattista Spinola, seniore (1681). Uncle of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Spinola (1733).
Education. (No information found).
Early life. In 1665 went with his uncle to the nunciature in Austria; the emperor named him chamberlain of honor and knight of the Golden Key. Returned to Rome and was relator of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta and governor of Tivoli, Fano, and Ascoli, in the pontificate of Pope Clement X (1670-1676). Preceptor of the archhospital of S. Spirito in Sassia, Rome, February 28, 1688. Secretary of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta, October 12, 1689. Governor of Rome and vice-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, July 28, 1691 until december 12, 1695. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of December 12, 1695 with dispensation for having an uncle in the Sacred College of Cardinals; received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Cesareo in Palatio, January 2, 1696. Granted dispensation for not having yet received the minor orders, December 12, 1695. Granted dispensation to receive sacred orders outside Ember days and without time intervals between them, January 11, 1696. Legate in Bologna, February 25, 1697. Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, November 24, 1698 until March 19, 1719. Participated in the conclave of 1700. Opted for the order of priests and his deaconry was elevated, pro illa vice, to title, January 25, 1706.
Death. March 19, 1719, at 2 p.m., of podagra, in his Roman palace. Exposed in the basilica of Ss. XII Apostoli, Rome, where the funeral took place on March 22, 1719, and buried in the tomb of Cardinal Giulio Spinola, in the Jesuit church of S. Andrea al Quirinale, Rome.
Bibliography. Del Re, Niccolò. Monsignor governatore di Roma. Rome : Istituto di Studi Romani Editore, 1972, pp. 110-11.
Links. His tomb in the church of S. Andrea al Quirinale; with its inscription.
(13) 13. TARUGI, Domenico (1638-1696)
Birth. 1638, Ferrara. Of a family from Orvieto. His father was auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota.
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in law).
Early life. Practised law in the study of Angelo Celsi, auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota and later cardinal. Auduitor of the nunciature in Portugal, 1670. Auditor of Cardinal Flavio Chigi. Consistorial lawyer, 1682. Civil lieutenant of the auditor of the Chamber, 1689. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, retaining the office of consistorial lawyer, January 29, 1689. Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota, 1694.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria della Scala, January 2, 1696.
Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Ferrara, January 2, 1696. Granted dispensation for not having yet received the sacred orders, January 2, 1696. Consecrated, February 12, 1696, Rome, by Cardinal Giacomo Boncompagni.
Death. December 27, 1696, archiepiscopal palace of Ferrara. Exposed and buried in the cathedral of Ferrara.
(14) 14. LA GRANGE D'ARQUIEN, Henri Albert de (1613-1707)
Birth. September 8, 1613, Calais. His last name is also listed as Lagrance. He was marquis d'Arquien. Of an ancient family, established in Berri before 1440, that had given France a marshal and knights of different orders. His father was governor of Calais.
Education. (No information found). Like his father, he took a military career.
Early life. Married two times and had seven children; his second wife died in 1692. Captain of the cavalry regiment of Gaston, duke of Orléans, brother of King Louis XIV of France in 1643; grand master, lieutenant of the regiment, May 1651; fought in Flanders with the regiment; promoted to field marshal, July 1652; captain of the Swiss guard, 1654. In 1672, he joined in Poland his daughter Marie-Casimire who had married, in second nuptials, Jan Sobieski, who became king of Poland on May 20, 1674. After she tried in vain to have her father named duke and peer by King Louis XIV, she turned to Pope Innocent XII and obtained from him the cardinalate for her father.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of December 12, 1695; received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Nicola in Carcere, April 11, 1699. After the death of the Polish king, he and his daughter retired to Rome in 1699. Granted dispensation to receive sacred orders outside of Ember days and without time intervals between them, September 25, 1700. Participated in the conclave of 1700. He died without having received ordination.
Death. May 24, 1707, at 4 p.m., Rome (1). Exposed and buried in the church of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome.
Links. His tomb in the church of S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome; and Ojciec królowej (Father of the Queen), 1979 Polish film directed by Wojciech Solarz in which one of the characters is the cardinal.
(1) Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentoris Aevi, V, 20, n. 9, citing as a source the Archive of the S.C. of Ceremonial, says that he died in Rome on May 24, 1707 at 4:30 p.m. and that he was 107 years old. The epitaph indicates that he died on March 23, 1707 and that he was 105 years and 11 days old. Mémoires de Saint-Simon, vol. XV, pp. 147-148, n.3, says the date of birth in his epitaph is March 13, 1602; that Gazette d'Amsterdam gives December 1604 as the date of his birth; and that according to Recueil des notices of the Sacred College of Cardinals, 1699, he was born on April 3, 1609.
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