(3) 1. BORGHESE, Scipione (1734-1782)
Birth. April 1, 1734, Rome.
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, April 27, 1756).
Priesthood. Ordained, September 22, 1759. Referendary of both Signatures. Protonotary apostolic de numero participantium. Secretary of the S.C. of Rites.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Teodosia, July 5, 1765. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, July 16, 1765. Consecrated (no information found). Prefect of the Papal Household July 23, 1766; confirmed in that post by the new Pope Clement XIV, July 4, 1769.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of September 10, 1770; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria sopra Minerva, September 12, 1770. Legate in Ferrara, December 16, 1771; confirmed for a triennium, March 13, 1775. Apostolic visitor to the Jesuit houses in the city and duchy of Ferrara, June 17, 1773. Participated in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, March 1, 1779.
Death. December 25, 1782, around 8 a.m., Rome. Exposed in his title, where the funeral took place, and buried in the Borghese Chapel, patriarchal Liberian basilica, Rome.
Link. His genealogy, VIII-1-6; and another genealogy, A1, B4, C1, D2, E6.
(4) 2. REZZONICO, Giovanni Battista (1740-1783)
Birth. June 1, 1740, Venice. Relative of Pope Clement XIII (1758-1769), and of Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico, iuniore, (1758).
Education. (No educational information found). Received the insignias of the clerical character from Pope Clement XIII, July 16, 1760.
Early life. Privy chamberlain, July 16, 1760. Prefect of the Apostolic Palace, July 21, 1766. Grand prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in Rome.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of September 10, 1770; received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Nicola in Carcere, December 12, 1770. Granted a dispensation to be a cardinal deacon without receiving the minor orders, September 24, 1771. Received the minor orders, September 21, 1773. Participated in the conclave of 1774-1775, which elected Pope Pius VI. Secretary of Memorandums, February 25, 1775.
Death. July 21, 1783, Rome. Exposed in the church of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome, where the funeral took place, and buried in his deaconry.
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