(56) 1. SAULX-TAVANNES, Nicolas de (1690-1759)
Birth. September 9, 1690, Paris, France. Of the family of the marquis of Tavanne.
Education. La Sorbonne University, Paris (doctorate in theology).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Vicar general of Rouen.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, September 24, 1721. Consecrated. November 9, 1721, church of the Theatins, Paris, by André-Hercule de Fleury, former bishop of Fréjus, assisted by César Le Blanc, bishop of Avranches, and by François-Honoré de Maniban, bishop of Mirepoix. Abbot commendatario of Saint-Michel-in-Thierache, 1725. Principal chaplain of the queen of France. Resigned government of the diocese, December 17, 1733. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Rouen, December 18, 1733. Commander of the Order of Saint-Esprit, 1748. Grand almoner of France, 1748-1760. Provisor of La Sorbonne University.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 5, 1756; never received the red hat and the title. Did not participate in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII.
Death. March 10, 1759, Paris. Exposed and buried in the church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris.
Bibliography. Chapeau, O.S.B. André and Fernand Combaluzier, C.M. Épiscopologe français des temps modernes, 1592-1973. Paris : Letouzey et Ané, 1974, p. 485-486.
(57) 2. ARCHINTO, Alberico (1698-1758)
Birth. November 8, 1698, Milan. Of a patrician family. Son of Carlo Archinto and Giulia Barbiani. Grand-nephew of Cardinal Giuseppe Archinto (1699). Uncle of Cardinal Giovanni Archinto (1776)
Education. University of Pavia, Pavia (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law). Admitted to Collegio degli avvocati of Milan, 1723.
Early life. Went to Rome in 1724 and entered the papal curia as protonotary apostolic de numero participantium, October 10, 1724. Referendary of the Supreme Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, September 23, 1728. Vice-legate in Bologna, 1730-1731. Relator of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta. Abbot commendatario of S. Maria di Brera; of San Pietro e Paolo di Viboldone; and of S. Pietro e S. Calogero di Civate.
Priesthood. Ordained, May 26, 1736.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Nicea, September 30, 1739. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, October 1, 1739. Consecrated, November 1, 1739, Milan, by Ludovico Calini, bishop of Crema. Nuncio in Florence, November 17, 1739 (1) until April 1746. Nuncio in Poland, March 1 (2), 1746 until March 12, 1754 when he returned to Rome. Governor of Rome and vice-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, September 14, 1754 until April 5, 1756.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 5, 1756; received the red hat and the title of S. Matteo in Via Merulana, May 24, 1756. Secretary of State, September 10, 1756; confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758; occupied the post until his death on September 30, 1758. Granted license to hear criminal causes, September 10, 1756; license granted again, July 15, 1758. Vice-chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, September 20, 1756 until his death. Opted for the title of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, proper of the vice-chancellor, September 20, 1756. Participated in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII.
Death. September 30, 1758, near 10 p.m., Rome. Exposed in his title, where the funeral took place, and buried in that church.
Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. 9 vols. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1797, IX, 60-61; Del Re, Niccolò. Monsignor governatore di Roma. Rome : Istituto di Studi Romani Editore, 1972, p. 117; Karttunen, Liisi. Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes de 1650 à 1800. Genève : E. Chaulmontet, 1912, p. 231; 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. 18, 44, 47 and 308; 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. 159, 362 and 461.
Links. His tomb in the church of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome.
(1) This according to Ritzler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, VI, 308; Karttunen, Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes de 1650 à 1800, p. 231, indicates that he was named on January 23, 1740.
(2) This according to Ritzler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, VI, 308; Karttunen, Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes de 1650 à 1800, p. 231, indicates that he was named on March 12, 1746.
(58) 3. ROTARIO DA PRALORMO, Giovanni Battista (1684-1766)
Birth. November 28, 1684, Pralormo, diocese of Asti. His last name is also listed as Rovero.
Education. Studied in Turin and Rome; University of Pisa, Pisa (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law).
Priesthood. Ordained, March 21, 1711. In the archdiocese of Turin, canon and later, archdeacon of its metropolitan cathedral chapter; advisor of the archbishop. Consultor of the Supreme S.C. of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, January 19, 1716.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Acqui, October 1, 1727. Consecrated, October 12, 1727, Rome, by Pope Benedict XIII. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Turin, February 3, 1744.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 5, 1756; received the red hat and the title of S. Crisogono, August 2, 1758. Participated in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII.
Death. October 9, 1766, Turin. Exposed and buried in the church of the Carmelites Discalced, Turin.
Link. His engraving by Antonio Pazzi.
(59) 4. SOLÍS FOLCH DE CARDONA, Francisco de (1713-1775)
Birth. February 16, 1713, Salamanca, Spain. Son of José Solís y Gante, marquis of Castelnovo, count of Saldueña and third duke of Montellano, and Josefa Folch de Cardona, marquioness of Castelnovo y Pons. His father was one of the original members of the Real Academia Española, founded in 1713. His brother José Solís Folch de Cardona was viceroy of Nueva Granada (future Colombia) and later entered the Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscans). Because of the influence that his family enjoyed in the court, he obtained the title of baron of Santa María de Aracena.
Education. (No information found).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Royal chaplain. Treasurer, canon and dean of the cathedral chapter of Málaga.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Trajanopoli, January 20, 1749. Coadministrator of the metropolitan see of Sevilla, occupied by Cardinal Luis de Borobón, Infante of Spain, January 28, 1749. Consecrated, Sunday March 16, 1749, Royal Monastery of the Incarnation, Discalced Augustinian nuns, Madrid, by Enrico Enriquez, titular archbishop of Nazianzo, nuncio in Spain, assisted by Juan Antonio Pérez Arellano, titular bishop of Casio, auxiliary of Toledo, and by Andrés Núñez Montegaudo, titular bishop of Mascula, auxiliary of Toledo. In the same ceremony was consecrated Manuel Quintano Bonifax, titular archbishop of Farsalo, coadministrator of Toledo. Transferred to the see of Córdoba, with personal title of archbishop, September 25, 1752. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Sevilla, November 17, 1755.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 5, 1756; received the red hat and the title of Ss. XII Apostoli, June 26, 1769. Did not participate in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1769, which elected Pope Clement XIV. Participated in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI.
Death. March 21, 1775, Rome. Exposed and buried in his title. His heart was buried in the church of the Capuchins in Sevilla, which he had founded.
Bibliography. Guitarte Izquierdo, Vidal. Episcopologio Español (1700-1867). Españoles obispos en España, América, Filipinas y otros países. Rome : Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica, 1994. (Publicaciones del Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica; Subsidia; 29), p. 73; Merino, P. R. "Solís Folch de Cardona, Francisco." Diccionario de historia eclesiástica de España. 4 vols and Supplement. Dirigido por Quintín Aldea Vaquero, Tomás Marín Martínez, José Vives Gatell. Madrid : Instituto Enrique Flórez, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1972-1975; Suplemento (1987), IV, 2501.
Birth. July 27, 1704, Vienna, Austria (or in Falkenstein, Lower Austria). Baptized on that same day.
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorates in theology, April 9, 1723, and in utroque iure, both civil and canon law, October 27, 1723). Received the subdiaconate, September 18, 1728; diaconate, September 21, 1728.
Priesthood. Ordained, September 26, 1728. Canon of the cathedral chapters of Salzburg, Passau, and Breslau.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Cartago and appointed coadjutor, with right of succession, of Vienna, December 7, 1750. Consecrated, December 25, 1750, Vienna, by Cardinal Sigismund von Kollonitsch, archbishop of Vienna. Succeeded to the metropolitan see of Vienna, April 12, 1751. Supported the policy of educational reform of Empress Maria Theresa and was named protector of the University of Vienna, 1752.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 5, 1756; never received the red hat and the title.
Death. March 10, 1757, Vienna, as a result of an apoplexy he suffered on December 19, 1756. Exposed and buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Vienna.
Links. Brief biographical data, in English; his tomb in the metropolitan cathedral of Vienna; and the Trautson Palace, Vienna.
(61) 6. ALBERT DE LUYNES, Paul d' (1703-1788)
Birth. January 5, 1703, Versailles, France. He is also listed as Luynes, Paul d'Albert de.
Education. Obtained a doctorate in Bourges (no further educational information found).
Early life. Destined to a military career, he started it in his youth and adopted the title of count of Monfort, which belonged to his family. Challenged to a duel, he refused, realizing his lack of disposition for the military and later entering the ecclesiastical life.
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Vicar general of the diocese of Meaux. Abbot commendatario of Cérisy, 1727.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Bayeux, August 17, 1729. Consecrated, Sunday September 25, 1729, Dominican church of Saint-Germani, Paris, by Louis La Vergne de Tressan, assisted by Léon de Beaumont, bishop of Saintes, and by César Le Blanc, bishop of Avranches. Member of the Académie Française, 1743. First aumônier of the Dauphine, later the mother of King Louis XVI, 1746. Resigned the government of the diocese, September 21, 1753. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Sens, November 26, 1753. Honorary member of the Académie des Sciences, 1755. Abbot commendatario of Corbie, 1756.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 5, 1756; received the red hat and the title of S. Tommaso in Parione, August 2, 1758. Participated in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII. Commander of the Order of Saint-Esprit, 1759. Participated in the conclave of 1769, which elected Pope Clement XIV. Participated in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI. Cardinal protoprete.
Death. January 21, 1788, Paris. Exposed and buried (no information found); his funeral oration was pronounced by Abbé Le Gris.
Bibliography. Chapeau, O.S.B. André and Fernand Combaluzier, C.M. Épiscopologe français des temps modernes, 1592-1973. Paris : Letouzey et Ané, 1974, p. 163-164.
Link. His engraving and biographical data, in French.
(62) 7. POTIER DE GESVRES, Étienne-René (1697-1774)
Birth. January 2, 1697, Paris, France. Nephew of Cardinal Léon Potier des Gesvres (1719).
Education. Faculty of Paris, Paris (licentiate in theology, 1718; and later, licentiate in utroque iure).
Priesthood. Ordained, 1725. For two years, vicar general of Bourges with his uncle.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Beauvais, April 24, 1728. Consecrated, June 6, 1728, church of Saint-Ouen-le Aumône, Val-d'Oise, by Louis de la Vergne Tressan, archbishop of Rouen, assisted by Nicolas de Saulx-Tavannes, bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, and by Charles de La Roche-Aymon, titular bishop of Sarepta.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 5, 1756; received the red hat and the title of S. Agnesi fuori le mura, August 2, 1758. Participated in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1769, which elected Pope Clement XIV (1). Resigned the government of the diocese, May 22, 1772.
Death. July 24, 1774, Paris. Exposed and buried in his family's tomb in the church of the Celestines, Paris.
Bibliography. Chapeau, O.S.B. André and Fernand Combaluzier, C.M. Épiscopologe français des temps modernes, 1592-1973. Paris : Letouzey et Ané, 1974, p. 435-454; 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. 117; 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. 18, 25, 41 and 119.
Links. His portrait by Pompeo Batoni, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, United States; and his engraving by Robert Gaillard, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
(1) According to Ritzler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentoris Aevi, VI, 25, he was minime praesente in conclavi.
Birth. March 10, 1706, Meersburg, diocese of Konstanz.
Education. Studied in Fribourg, Siena, Rome and Strasbourg (no further educational information found).
Priesthood. Ordained, April 14, 1737. Dean of the cathedral chapter of Konstanz.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Konstanz by its cathedral chapter, November 9, 1750. Preconized, March 15, 1751. Consecrated (no information found).
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 5, 1756; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria del Polo, August 2, 1758. Participated in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1769, which elected Pope Clement XIV (1). Did not participate in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI.
Death. October 16, 1775, Meersburg. Exposed and buried in the cathedral of Konstanz.
Link. His portrait.
(1) According to Ritzler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentoris Aevi, VI, 25, he was minime praesente in conclavi.
(63) 9. SALDANHA DA GAMA, Francisco de (1723-1776)
Birth. May 20, 1723, Lisbon, Portugal.
Education. University of Coimbra, Coimbra.
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Primarius principalis of the cathedral chapter of Lisbon. Visitor and reformer of the Society of Jesus in the provinces of Portugal and the East and West Indies, April 1, 1758. He was a declared enemy of the Society of Jesus.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of April 5, 1756; never received the red hat and the deaconry. Did not participate in the conclave of 1758, which elected Pope Clement XIII.
Episcopate. Elected patriarch of Lisbon, May 28, 1759. Consecrated (no information found). Opted for the order of priests, May 28, 1759; never received his title. Participated in the conclave of 1769, which elected Pope Clement XIV (1). Did not participate in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI.
Death. November 1, 1776, Lisbon. Buried in the church of Belem, of the Fathers Girolamini, Lisbon.
Bibliography. 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. 25, .
Link. Brief biographical data in Os Cardeais Portugueses - Nota Histórica, in Portuguese.
(1) According to Ritzler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentoris Aevi, VI, 25, he was minime praesentes in conclavi.
| Top | Catalogs | Home |
©1998-2010 Salvador Miranda.