Alessandro Franchi (cardinal)
| Alessandro Franchi | |
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| Cardinal Secretary of State | |
Alessandro Franchi; from Světozor (1878)
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| Other posts |
Apostolic Nuncio to Florence Apostolic Nuncio to Spain Prefect of Propaganda Fide |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 16 March 1842 |
| Consecration | 6 July 1856 |
| Created Cardinal | 22 December 1873 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 June 1819 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 31 July 1878 (aged 59) Rome, Italy |
| Buried | Campo Verano |
Alessandro Franchi (25 June, 1819 – 31 July, 1878) was an Italian cardinal and archbishop.
His father was a notary. He studied at the Pontifical Roman Seminary, where he received his Doctor of Theology degree in 1841, followed by a degree in utroque iure from the Sapienza University of Rome. In 1842, he was ordained a priest and taken under the sponsorship of Luigi Lambruschini, the Cardinal Secretary of State.
In 1848, during the First Italian War of Independence, he was selected to become part of a sensitive diplomatic mission to Emperor Ferdinand I; an unsuccessful attempt to convince the Emperor that he should give up the Habsburg-held territories in Italy. Five years later, he served briefly as Chargé d'affaires in Madrid. In 1856, he became the Titular Bishop of Thessalonica. Later that same year, he was ordained a Bishop by Pope Pius IX.
He was also appointed Apostolic Nuncio for the city of Florence, which was then the capital of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. In that capacity, he opposed the unification efforts of Count Camillo Cavour. After the expulsion of Grand Duke Ferdinand IV, the Grand Duchy became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, so Franchi returned to Rome and was appointed Secretary of Church Affairs.
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