(20) 1. SPINELLI, Giuseppe (1694-1763)
Birth. February 1, 1694, Naples. Son of Giambattista Spinelli, marquis of Fuscaldo, and Maria Imperiali. Grand -nephew of Cardinal Lorenzo Imperiali (1652). Nephew of Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali (1690). Cousin of Cardinal Cosimo Imperiali (1753).
Education. Roman Seminary, Rome (1707); La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, September 11, 1717).
Early life. Received the insignias of the clerical character, September 30, 1713. Went to reside in the court of his uncle the cardinal. Privy chamberlain of Pope Clement XI. Ablegato to bring to Vienna the red biretta for Cardinal Giorgio Spinola, 1719. Received the minor orders, June 14, 1721; subdiaconate, June 14, 1721; diaconate, March 8, 1722. Abbot commendatario of S. Catarina. Internuncio in Flanders, May 24, 1721 until September 21, 1725.
Priesthood. Ordained, April 17, 1724.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Corinto, September 5, 1725. Nuncio in Flanders, September 6, 1725. Consecrated (no information found). Master of the Papal Chamber, 1731. Secretary of the S.C. of Bishops and Regulars, 1731. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, July 16, 1731. Examiner of bishops. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Naples, December 15, 1734.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 17, 1735; received the red hat and the title of S. Pudenziana, March 14, 1735. Received the pallium, March 14, 1735. Participated in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV. Opted for the title of S. Maria in Trastevere, September 25, 1752. Opted for the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Palestrina, April 9, 1753. Resigned government of the archdiocese, February 8, 1754. Prefect of the S.C. of Propaganda Fide, September 11, 1756 until his death. Participated in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII. Opted for the suburbicarian see of Porto e Santa Rufina, July 13, 1759. Sub-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Opted for the suburbicarian see of Ostia e Velletri, proper of the dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, July 13, 1761.
Death. April 12, 1763, Rome. Exposed in the Franciscan basilica of Ss. XII Apostoli, Rome, where the funeral took place, and buried in that same church (1).
Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. 9 vols. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1794, VIII, 273-276; Karttunen, Liisi. Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes de 1650 à 1800. Genève : E. Chaulmontet, 1912, p. 262; 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, p. 173; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VI (1730-1799). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 7, 39, 40, 48 and 304; Zigarelli, Daniello Maria. Biografie dei vescovi e arcivescovi della chiesa di Napoli con una descrizione del clero, della cattedrale, della basilica di s. Restituta e della cappella del tesoro di s. Gennaro. Napoli: Tipografico di G. Gioja, 1861, pp. 215-229.
(1) This is the text of his epitaph taken from Zigarelli, Biografie dei vescovi e arcivescovi della chiesa di Napoli, p. 229:
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