(24) 1. CARAFA, iuniore, Pierluigi (1677-1755)
Birth. July 4, 1677, Naples. Of the family of the princes of Belvedere. His last name is also listed as Caraffa. Other cardinals of the family were Filippo Carafa della Serra (1378); Oliviero Carafa (1467); Gianvincenzo Carafa (1527); Carlo Carafa (1555); Diomede Carafa (1555); Alfonso Carafa (1557); Antonio Carafa (1568); Pier Luigi Carafa, seniore (1645); Carlo Carafa della Spina (1664); Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina (1686); Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1773); Marino Carafa di Belvedere (1801); and Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1844).
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, October 19, 1694).
Early life. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, April 1, 1699. Governor of Camerino, September 7, 1703. Governor of Ancona, January 8, 1705. Cleric of the Apostolic Chamber, January 1708. Received the minor orders, December 27, 1712; subdiaconate, January 15, 1713; diaconate, January 22, 1713.
Priesthood. Ordained, February 19, 1713.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Larissa, March 27, 1713. Consecrated (no information found). Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, April 16, 1713. Nuncio in Tuscany, July 20, 1713. Secretary of the S.C. of Propaganda Fide, April 12, 1717. Secretary of the S.C. of Bishops and Regulars, 1724. Consultor of the Supreme S.C. of the Roman and Universal Inquisition.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of September 20, 1728; received the red hat and the title of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna, November 15, 1728. Abbot commendatario of Ferraria, 1729. Participated in the conclave of 1730. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, February 11, 1737. Participated in the conclave of 1740. Opted for the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Albano, September 16, 1740. Opted for the suburbicarian see of Porto e Santa Rufina, November 15, 1751. Vice-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Opeted for the suburbicarian see of Ostia e Velletri, proper of the dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, April 9, 1753.
Death. December 15, 1755, at 8:30 p.m., Rome. Transferred the following day to the church of S. Andrea delle Fratte, Rome, where the capella paplis took place on December 18, 1755, and buried in the chapel of San Francesco di Sales, in that church.
Link. His tomb in in the church of S. Andrea delle Fratte, Rome.
(25) 2. ACCORAMBONI, Giuseppe (1672-1747)
Birth. September 24, 1672, Castel de Preci, diocese of Spoleto (or diocese of Norcia). Baptized on that same day.
Education. University of Perugia, Perugia (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, May 6, 1694).
Early life. Consistorial lawyer. Auditor of Cardinal Michelangelo Conti, future Pope Innocent XIII. Secretary of the Congregation of Avignon. Sub-datary of His Holiness, May 13, 1721. Lawyer for life of the Roman people, August 20, 1721. Canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica, 1723. Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota.
Priesthood. Ordained, February 14, 1723. Referendary of the Supreme Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, March 15, 1723. Reappointed sub-datary of His Holiness, June 7, 1724.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Filippi, September 11, 1724. Consecrated, September 21, 1724, Rome, by Pope Benedict XIII. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, October 6, 1724. Uditore Santissimi, 1726. Consultor of the Ss.CC. of Rites and of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. Episcopal examiner. Transferred to the see of Imola, with personal title of archbishop and retaining all his other posts, April 12, 1728.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of September 20, 1728; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria in Traspontina, November 15, 1728. Participated in the conclaves of 1730 and 1740. Opted for the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Frascati, March 11, 1743.
Death. March 21, 1747, around 9 p.m. Exposed in the church of S. Ignazio, Rome, where the capella papalis took place on March 23, 1747, and buried in that same church.
Links. Biography, in Italian; his engraving by Pietro Nelli and Gaspare Massi, and his tomb in the church of S. Ignazio, Rome.
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