(45) 1. ODESCALCHI-ERBA, Benedetto (1679-1740)
Birth. August 7, 1679, Como. Grand-nephew of Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689), on his mother's side. His paternal last name was Erba. His mother, Lucrezia Odescalchi, was the niece of the pope. He adopted her last name because his maternal uncle, Livio Odescalchi, did not have heirs. Relative of Cardinals Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi (1759); and Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. (1823).
Education. University of Pavia, Pavia (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, February 23, 1700).
Early life. Received the insignias of the clerical character, February 28, 1689. Domestic prelate. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace. Vice-legate in Ferrara. Vice-legate in Bologna. Received the minor orders, September 29, 1711; subdiaconate, October 4, 1711; diaconate, October 11, 1711.
Priesthood. Ordained, October 18, 1711.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Tessalonica, December 18, 1711. Nuncio in Poland, January 25, 1712. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, January 25, 1712. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Milan, October 5, 1712.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 30, 1713; received the red hat and the title of s. Nereo ed Achilleo, April 1, 1715. Participated in the conclaves of 1721 and 1724. Opted for the title of Ss. XII Apostolic, January 29, 1725. Participated in the conclave of 1730. Resigned government of the archdiocese for gravi motivi di salute, serious reasons of health, December 6, 1736. Did not participate in the conclave of 1740.
Death. December 13, 1740, Milan. Buried in the church of S. Giovanni in Conca, of the Carmelites of the Congregation of Mantua.
Link. His engraving by Martin Bernigeroth.
(45) 1. SCHÖNBORN BUSHEIN, Damian Hugo Philipp von (1676-1743)
Birth. September 19, 1676, Mainz (1). Of a noble family. Son of Melchior Friedrich von Schönborn imperial privy councilor, minister of State, and grand marshal, and Maria Sophia, daughter of the minister of State of Mainz. He was the nephew of prince archbishop Lothar Franz von Schönborg and grand-nephew of Johann Philipp von Schönborg, also prince archbishop of Mainz. He also was nephew of Emperor Leopold I of Austria. He was a baron from birth and since 1701 a count. The third son of eighteen children, fourteen of whom reached adulthood.
Education. Received his initial education in his family's castle, Mainz; Collegio Germanico, Rome, 1693-1695; was a student of future Cardinal Giovanni Battista Tolomei, S.J.
Early life. Entered the Teutonic Order and became a knight very young. Led a company in the Imperial Army, 1698-1699. Bailiff of Hessen, 1703. Envoy to Vienna, 1706-1708. Imperial representative in Lower Saxony, 1708. Conducted diplomatic missions to Hanover and Berlin. Commander of the Teutonic Order. Provost of the churches of Weissenburg and of Odenheim. Minister of state of Mainz. Minister of state of the grand master of the Teutonic Order. Ambassador to the Congress of Brunswick, 1712.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal and reserved in pectore in the consistory of January 30, 1713; published in the consistory of May 29, 1715.
Episcopate. Elected bishop coadjutor of Speyer by its cathedral chapter, July 21, 1716. Preconized coadjutor of Speyer, with right of succession, October 5, 1716. Bishop of Speyer, November 30, 1719.
Priesthood. Ordained, August 15, 1720. Received episcopal consecration, February 24, 1721. Participated in the conclave of 1721; he arrived on May 7, the day before it ended. Received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Nicola in Carcere, June 16, 1721. Opted for the order of priests and the title of S. Pancrazio, September 10, 1721. Granted dispensation to be elected bishop coadjutor of Konstanz, March 10, 1722. Elected bishop coadjutor of Konstanz by its cathedral chapter, May 18, 1722. Preconized coadjutor of Konstanz, with right of succession, retaining the see of Speyer, Marcn 15, 1723. Participated in the conclave of 1724. Participated in the conclave of 1730; had to leave the conclave because of illness on July 1, 1730; he was not present when the new pope was elected the following July 12. Named bishop of Konstanz, January 24, 1737. Did not participate in the conclave of 1740.
Death. August 19, 1743, Bruschal, see of the diocese of Speyer. Exposed and buried in the church of St. Peter, Bruchsal, which he had built.
Links. Biography, in German; his portrait in the dome of the staircase of the Bruchsal Residence Palace; and his tomb, on the left, in the church of St. Peter, Bruchsal.
(1) Some sources give September 9 and December 1, 1676, as his date of birth.
(2) Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, VI, 4, does not list him either among the participants or the absentees. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, VIII, 154, indicates that he participated in the conclaves that elected Innocent XIII and Benedict XIII but was not present in the election of Benedict XIV.
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