Birth. April 9, 1759, Santa Engrácia, Lisbon, Portugal. Son of Pedro José da Cunha de Mendonça e Menezes, senhor of Valdigem, and Joana Catarina de Melo.
Education. University of Coimbra, Coimbra (doctorate in canon law, April 29, 1784).
Priesthood. Ordained, June 4, 1784. Primicerius of the patriarchal cathedral of Lisbon. Vicar capitular of Lisbon. Member of the Apostolic Party.
Episcopate. Elected patriarch of Lisbon, August 23, 1819. Consecrated, December 19, 1819, Lisbon, by José António Pinto de Mendoça Arrais, bishop of Guarda, assisted by João Binet Pincio, bishop of Lamego, and by Francisco da Nossa Senhora da Luz Chacim, O.F.M.Disc., bishop of Macau. Received the pallium and the title of inquisitor on the following December 23.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of September 27, 1819; never received the red hat and the title. President of the Council of Regency during the absence in Brazil of King João VI of Portugal, from 1818 until September 15, 1820. Did not participate in the conclave of 1823, which elected Pope Leo XII.
Death. December 14, 1825, Lisbon. Exposed and buried in Lisbon.
Bibliography. Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Voulmen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, p. 14 and 242.
Links. Brief biographical data, third personality listed; in Portuguese; another brief biography, also in Portuguese, in Os Cardeais Portugueses - Nota Histórica his engraving by Antonio José da Silva, Biblioteca Nacional Digital, Portugal; and another by A. J. Santos Casa de Sarmento, Centro de Estudos do Património, Unidade Cultural da Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal.
(84) 1. GUERRIERI GONZAGA, Cesare (1749-1832)
Birth. March 2, 1749, Mantua. Of an aristocratic family from Lombardy. Son of Marquis Bonaventura Guerrieri Gonzaga and Lucia Valenti Gonzaga. Grand-nephew of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1738). Nephew of Cardinal Luigi Valenti Gonzaga (1776)
Education. Collegio Clementino, Rome, 1758-1767.
Early life. In April 1776, he was sent by Pope Pius VI to Madrid as ablegato to bring the red biretta to his uncle Cardinal Luigi Valenti Gonzaga, who had been promoted to the cardinalate. Entered the Roman prelature as domestic prelate of His Holiness and referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace on June 5, 1778. He did not have an active career in Rome and retired to his family in Mantua, Florence, and later, with his nephew Marquis Enrico Gualterio di Corgnolo, to Orvieto during the two French occupations of the Papal States. Dean of the chapter of the patriarchal Vatican basilica. After the papal restoration in Rome, he was named commendatario of the Archhospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, March 9, 1816. Treasurer general of the Apostolic Chamber, July 22, 1816 until his promotion to the cardinalate; pro-treasurer from his promotion until the appointment of Belisario Cristaldi on June 4, 1820. President of the Congregation of the Census, July 22, 1816. Secretary of the S.C. of Bishops and Regulars.
Sacred orders. Ordained (no information found).
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of September 27, 1819; received the red hat, September 30; and the deaconry of S. Adriano, December 17, 1819. Participated in the conclave of 1823, which elected Pope Leo XII. Pope Leo XII, his long time friend, named him pro-secretary of Memorials on November 15, 1824; occupied the post until 1829. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, March 13, 1826 until April 9, 1827. Participated in the conclave of 1829, which elected Pope Pius VIII. Named secretary of Memorials, April 1829. Participated in the conclave of 1830-1831, which elected Pope Gregory XVI.
Death. February 5, 1832, Rome. Exposed in the church of S. Maria in Trastevere, Rome, where the funeral took place; and buried next to the tomb of his uncle Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga, in the Franciscan church of S. Bonaventura alla Polveriera, in Monte Palatino, Rome.
Bibliography. Boutry, Philippe. Souverain et Pontife : recherches prosopographiques sur la curie romaine à l'âge de la restauration, 1814-1846. Rome : École française de Rome, 2002, pp. 399-400; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Voulmen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 14, 45 and 50.
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