Birth. November 1, 1667, Milan. Of a patrician family. Son of Cristiano Stampa and Giustina Borromeo.
Education. University of Pavia, Pavia (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, July 10, 1698); admitted to Collegio degli avvocati of Milan, 1699.
Early life. Abbot commendatario of S. Antonio di Valenza, 1693. Priviy chamberlain of His Holiness, 1703. Referendary of the Supreme Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, May 28, 1705. Domestic prelate of His Holiness, 1705. Abbot commendatario of S. Abbondio in Como, and of S. Ambrogio ad Nemus in Milan. Vice-legate of Romagna, December 10, 1706 until 1709. Governor of Spoleto, May 18, 1709. Governor of Ancona, May 19, 1714. Abbot commendatario of S. Silano in Romagnano. Inquisitor in the island of Malta, 1716-1717.
Priesthood. Ordained, October 31, 1717.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Calcedonia, December 6, 1717. Consecrated, January 23, 1718, Rome, Cardinal Ferdinando d'Adda. Nuncio in Florence, April 29 (1), 1718 until October 12, 1720. Nuncio in Venice, September 23 (2), 1720 until May 7, 1735. Secretary of the S.C. of Bishops and Regulars, December 12, 1734. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Milan, May 6, 1737.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February. Participated in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV. Received the red hat and the title of S. Alessio, September 16, 1740.
Death. December 23, 1742, Milan. Exposed and buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Milan.
Bibliography. Karttunen, Liisi. Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes de 1650 à 1800. Genève : E. Chaulmontet, 1912, p. 262-263; 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, pp. 155-156; 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. 9, 41 and 284; Weber, Christoph. Legati e governatori dello Stato Pontificio : 1550-1809. Roma : Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali, Ufficio centrale per i beni archivistici, 1994. (Pubblicazioni degli archivi di Stato. Sussidi; 7) pp. 118, 370, 389 and 931-932.
(1) This is according to Riztler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, V, 156; Karttunen, Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes de 1650 à 1800, p. 262, indicates that he was named on May 3, 1718.
(2) This is according to Riztler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, V, 156; Kartunnen, Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes de 1650 à 1800, p. 262, indicates that he was named on September 21, 1720.
(32) 2. TENCIN, Pierre-Guérin de (1680-1758)
Birth. August 22, 1680, Grenoble, France. His last name is also listed as Tencin only.
Education. Studied with the Oratorian Fathers in Grenoble; La Sorbonne, University, Paris, (elected prior in 1702; doctorate in theology, 1705).
Early life. Conclavist of Cardinal Etienne Le Camus in the conclave of 1700.
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). In the archdiocese of Sens, archdeacon of its cathedral chapter, and vicar general. Conclavist of Cardinal Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy in the conclave of 1721 (1). Minister of France before the Holy See in the pontificate of Pope Innocent XIII.
Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Embrun, June 12, 1724. Consecrated, July 2, 1724, Rome, by Pope Benedict XIII. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, October 6, 1724. He was very zealous in the persecution of the Jansenists in his archdiocese.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 23, 1739; received the red hat and the title of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo, July 20, 1739. French ambassador before the Holy See, 1739-1742. Abbot commendatario of Trois- Fontaines, 1739-1753. Participated in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Lyon, November 11, 1740. Commander of the Order of Saint-Esprit, 1742. Minister of State of King Louis XV, September, 1742. Personal friend of Cardinal Prospero Lambertini, later Pope Benedict XIV, with whom he maintained an interesting correspondence from the historical point of view. The French mathematician and philosopher Jean Le Ronde d'Alembert was the illegitimate son of his sister Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin.
Death. March 2, 1758, Lyon. Exposed and buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Lyon.
Links. Biography, in English; and his engraving by Johann Martin Bernigeroth.
(1) This is according to Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, VIII, 296. The Catholic Encyclopedia says that he was the conclavist of Cardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise.
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