(14) 1. PASSARI, Marcello (1678-1741)
Birth. Ariano, 1678. Baptized on June 7, 1678.
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, May 20, 1699). Received the subdiaconate, December 19, 1699; diaconate, June 10, 1702.
Priesthood. Ordained, June 10, 1702, the same day he received the diaconate. In the diocese of Ariano, canon of its cathedral chapter and vicar general. Auditor of Cardinal Álvaro Cienfuegos, S.J. Uditore Santissimo.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Nazianzo, March 5, 1731. Consecrated, March 11, 1731, Rome, by Cardinal Álvaro Cienfuegos, S.J. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, March 31, 1731. Datary of the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, June 12, 1731.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of September 28, 1733; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria in Aracoeli, December 2, 1733. Participated in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV.
Death. September 25, 1741, Rome. Transferred to the church of S. Maria in Portico, Rome, on September 26, 1741; the capella papalis took place the following day, and he was buried in that same church, according to his will.
(15) 2. SPINOLA, Giovanni Battista (1681-1752)
Birth. July 6, 1681, Genoa. Nephew of Cardinal Giambattista Spinola, iuniore (1695). Grand-nephew of Cardinals Giulio Spinola (1666) and Giambattista Spinola, seniore (1681).
Education. (No information found).
Early life. Auditor of his uncle the cardinal. Privy chamberlain of His Holiness, 1707. Entered the Roman prelature, 1711. Governor of Benevento, 1712. Relator of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta, and auditor of Cardinal Annibale Albani, camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, 1717. Governor of Rimini, 1719. Vice-legate in Ravenna. Cleric of the Apostolic Chamber, 1722. Governor of Castelnuovo, 1723. Secretary of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta, 1724.
Priesthood. Ordained, February 15, 1728, Rome, by Pope Benedict XIII. Governor of Rome and vice-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, May 30, 1728 until September 28, 1733.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of September 28, 1733; received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Cesareo in Palatio, December 2, 1733. Legate in Bologna, December 2, 1733, for a triennium. Legate a latere in the duchies of Parma and Piacenza, retaining his other legation, January 8, 1734. Legation in Bologna prorogated for another triennium, September 28, 1736. Abbot commendatario of Subiaco. Participated in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV. Prefect of the S.C. of Ecclesiastical Immunity, June 15, 1741. Opted for the title of S. Maria degli Angeli, September 23, 1743. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, January 17, 1746.
Episcopate. Opted for the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Albano, November 15, 1751. Consecrated, April 9, 1752, in the Pauline chapel of the Apostolic Palace of Quirinale, Rome, by Pope Benedict XIV.
Death. August 20, 1752, Albano Laziale. Transferred to Rome the following day. The capella papalis took place on August 23, 1752, in the church of the professed house of the Society of Jesus, with the participation of Pope Benedict XIV, and he was buried in that same church.
Bibliography. Del Re, Niccolò. Monsignor governatore di Roma. Rome : Istituto di Studi Romani Ediotres, 1972, pp. 113-114.
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