The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769)
Consistory of July 18, 1763 (V)

(36) 1. BUONACCORSI, Simone (1708-1776)

Birth. November 17, 1708, Macerata. Of a noble family of the house of Montesanto.

Education. (No information found).

Early life. Referendary of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, March 31, 1735. Vice-legate in Ferrara in 1735 until 1741. Voter of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Grace. Governor of Ascoli, January 3, 1741 until 1742. Relator of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta, 1742. Cleric of the Apostolic Chamber, 1747. resident della Zecca, 1752. President delle Strade, 1753. Secretary of the S.C. of Bishops and Regulars, September 1759.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of July 18, 1763; received the red hat and the title of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina, August 22, 1763. Pontifical commissary for the desiccation of the Pontine lagoons, 1763.

Priesthood. Ordained, December 17, 1763. Participated in the conclave of 1769, which elected Pope Clement XIV. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, January 27, 1772. Participated in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI.

Death. April 27, 1776, Rome. Exposed and buried in the Picenan church of S. Maria de Loreto, Rome, according to his will.

(37) 2. NEGRONI, Andrea
(1710-1789)

Birth. November 2, 1710, Rome. Son of Count Antonio Negroni, from Bergamo. The Negroni family was added to the Roman nobility in 1746.

Education. (No information found).

Early life. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, September 9, 1734. Relator of the S.C. of Good Government, 1736-1742. Protonotary apostolic. Auditor of His Holiness. Prelate abbreviatore and voter of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Justice, 1741-1761; dean, 1762-1753. Canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica, September 4, 1759.

Sacred orders. Received the subdiaconate, March 22, 1760. Abbot commendatario of the abbey Ss. Severio e Martirio nell'Orvietano, 1760-1789.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of July 18, 1763; received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Maria in Aquiro, August 22, 1763. Opted for the deaconry of Ss. Vito e Modesto, June 5, 1765. Secretary of Apostolic Briefs, October 5, 1767. Participated in the conclave of 1769, which elected Pope Clement XIV. Pro-prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatures of Justice, ca. 1770-1787. Participated in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI. Datary of His Holiness, March 3, 1775 until his death. Opted for the deaconry of S. Agata in Suburra, December 13, 1779.

Death. January 17, 1789, Rome. Exposed in the church of S. Agostino, Rome, where the funeral took place; and buried in the Bergamese church of Ss. Bartolomeo ed Alessandro, Rome.

Bibliography. Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi. Volumen VI (1730-1799). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 23, 50, 51 and 52; Storti, Nicola. La storia e il diritto della Dataria Apostolica dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Napoli : Athena Mediterranea Editrice, 1969, p. 173, no. 73; Weber, Christoph and Becker, Michael. Genealogien zur Papstgeschichte. 6 v. Stuttgart : Anton Hiersemann, 1999-2002. (Päpste und Papsttum, Bd. 29, 1-6), VI, 683; Weber, Christoph. Die päpstlichen Referendare 1566-1809 : Chronologie und Prosopographie. 3 vols. Stuttgart : Anton Hiersemann, 2003-2004. (Päpste und Papsttum ; Bd. 31/1, 31/2, 31/3; Variation: Päpste und Papsttum ; Bd. 31), II, 761;

Link. The Negroni family, in Italian.

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