(34) 1. ARCHETTI, Giovanni Andrea (1731-1805)
Birth. September 11, 1731, Brescia.
Education. La Sapineza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, May 16, 1754).
Early life. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace. Protonotary apostolic de numero participantium; dean of their college. Vice-legate in Bologna. Consultor of the S.C. of Rites. Relator and pro-secretary of the Sacred Consulta.
Priesthood. Ordained, September 10, 1775.
Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Calcedonia, September 11, 1775. Consecrated, September 17, 1775, Rome, by Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico. Nuncio in Poland, September 18, 1775. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, September 22, 1775.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of September 20, 1784; received the red hat and the title of S. Eusebio, June 27, 1785. Apostolic legate in Bologna, July 5, 1785. Transferred to the see of Ascoli Piceno, with personal title of archbishop, June 1, 1795. Participated in the conclave of 1799-1800, which elected Pope Pius VII. Opted for the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Sabina, retaining the administration of the diocese of Ascoli Piceno, ad Sedis Apostolica beneplacitum, April 2, 1800.
Death. November 5, 1805, Ascoli. Exposed and buried in the cathedral of Ascoli.
Note. In this consistory the pope created and reserved in pectore one cardinal whose name was never published.
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