Birth. May 27, 1651, in the castle of Pénières, Cros-de-Montvert, diocese of Saint-Fleur, France. Son of the first Duke de Noailles, captain-general of Roussillon, and Louise Boyer, lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne of Austria.

Education. Collège du Plessis, Paris (master in theology); La Sorbonne University, Paris (doctorate in theology, March 14, 1676).

Priesthood. Ordained, June 8, 1675. Abbot of Aubrac, diocese of Rodez.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Cahors, March 17, 1679. Consecrated, June 18, 1679, church of Saint-Antoine des Champs, Paris, by François de Harlay de Champvallon, archbishop of Paris, assisted by Dominique de Ligni, bishop of Meaux, and by Hardouin de La Hoguette, bishop of Saint-Brieuc. Transferred to the see of Châlons-sur-Marne, March 17, 1681, which he accepted at the express order of Pope Innocent XI. Peer of France. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Paris, September 19, 1695.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of June 21, 1700. President of the General Assembly of the Clergy. Participated in the conclave of 1700, which elected Pope Clement XI. Received the red hat and the title of S. Maria sopra Minerva, January 3, 1701. Prior of Navarre, 1704. President of La Sorbonne University, 1710, and honorary dean of its faculty of law. Opposed Quietism, but later, refused to accept the bull Unigenitus although he claimed not to be a Jansenist and had condemned its five essential propositions. Prohibited by King Louis XIV in 1714 to appear in the royal court. Recalled by the regent after the death of the king. Did not participate in the conclave of 1721, which elected Pope Innocent XIII. Did not participate in the conclave of 1724, which elected Pope Benedict XIII. A few months before his death, on October 11, 1728, he unconditionally accepted the bull. In the secret consistory of November 8, 1728, the pope announced to the cardinals that Cardinal Noailles had accepted the bull of Pope Clement XI and had returned to the church from which he had been separated by the bull Pastoralis. Opted for the title of S. Sisto, March 3, 1729. Excepting the Jansenist controversy, his episcopal ministry was worthy of praise and recognition.

Death. May 4, 1729, Paris. Exposed in the metropolitan cathedral of Paris and buried in the chapel of Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs, in the monument done by Dechaume, in that cathedral.

Bibliography. Les archevêques de Paris (1622-2002). Paris : Letouzey & Ané, 2002.

Links. Biography, in English; another biography, in German; his epsicopal lineage, in English; his portrait, French School, 18th Century, Museum Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, France; and his engraving.

(29) 2. LAMBERG, Johannes Philipp von
(1652-1712)

Birth. May 25, 1652 (1), Vienna. Baptized on the following day. Uncle of Cardinal Joseph Dominicus von Lamberg (1737).

Education. Studied in Vienna and Passau; University of Siena, Siena (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, August 13, 1673).

Early life. Took part in the war against the Turks. Austrian ambassador in several countries, among them Poland. Received the ecclesiastical tonsure and the minor orders, January 29, 1668; subdiaconate, September 13, 1684; received the diaconate (no date found). Canon of the cathedral chapters of Passau, Salzburg and Olomouc. Imperial councilor.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Passau by its cathedral chapter, May 25, 1689. Preconized, with dispensation for only having received the diaconate, January 11, 1690. Granted dispensation to receive the episcopal consecration from a bishop and two abbots, January 14, 1690. Consecrated (no information found). Principal commissary of the realm in Regensburg. Imperial plenipotentiary to the Diet of Regensburg.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of June 21, 1700. Participated in the conclave of 1700, which elected Pope Clement XI. Received the red hat and the title of S. Silvestro in Capite, January 3, 1701. Commissioned to visit several Italian princes to ask them to take arms against France in the War of the Spanish Succession. Councilor to Emperors Leopold, Joseph I, and Charles VI.

Death. October 21, 1712, in the cloister of St. Emmeram, Regensburg. Exposed in the cathedral of Passau and and buried in the chapel he built for himself in the cloister of that cathedral.

Links. Biographical data, in German.

(1) This is according to Stadtarchiv Passau, linked above. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, V, 308, indicates that he was baptized on May 26, 1652. Zedler, Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste, indicates that he was born on November 26, 1651. Both Boislisle, in his notes to the Mémoires de Saint-Simon, VII, 151, and Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Bd. 17, coincide with Zedler.

(30) 3. BORJA-CENTELLES Y PONCE DE LEÓN, Francisco Antonio de (1659-1702)

Birth. March 27, 1659, Sassari, Sardinia. Son of the 9th duke of Gandia. Brother of Cardinal Carlos de Borja-Centelles y Ponce de León (1720).

Education. University of Orihuela, Orihuela; University of Alcalá de Henares, Alcalá de Henares (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law).

Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Professor of Instituta, Decretales and Sexta, University of Alcalá de Henares. Archdeacon of Calatrava and canon prebendary of the cathedral chapter of Toledo. Member and regent (acting president) of the Council of Aragon. Councilor of State.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of June 21, 1700; never went to Rome to receive the red hat and the title. Did not participate in the conclave of 1700 because while en route to Rome, was recalled to Madrid due to the death of King Carlos II.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Calahorra-La Calzada, July 18, 1701. Consecrated (no information found). Promoted to the metropolitan see of Burgos, April 3, 1702, he died on that same day.

Death. April 3, 1702 (1), Calahorra. Exposed and buried (no information found).

Links. His engraving; and his genealogy, E1 F3.

(1) Gran Enciclopedia Española indicates that he died on April 4, 1702.

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