Benedetto Erba Odescalchi
| Benedetto Erba Odescalchi | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 5 October 1712 |
| Term ended | 6 December 1736 |
| Predecessor | Giuseppe Archinto |
| Successor | Carlo Gaetano Stampa |
| Other posts | Cardinal Priest of Santi XII Apostoli |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 October 1711 (Priest) |
| Consecration | Dec 1711 (Bishop) by Fabrizio Paolucci |
| Created Cardinal | 30 January 1713 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 7, 1679 Como |
| Died | December 13, 1740 (aged 61) Milan |
| Coat of arms |  |
Benedetto II Erba Odescalchi (1679–1740) was an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1712 to 1736.
Benedetto Erba was born on 7 August 1679 in Como to senator Antonio Maria Erba and Teresa Turconi. His great uncle was Pope Innocent XI, who died when Benedetto was 10 and from whom in 1709 Benedetto took his second surname Odescalchi (hence the lack of a hyphen). On 23 February 1700 Benedetto Erba earned a doctorate in utroque iure at the University of Pavia and he took up a career in the administration of the Papal States: in 1706 he became referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature, on 18 April 1709 he was appointed Vice-legate in Ferrara and on 31 July 1710 Vice-legate in Bologna, a position he kept until 10 September 1710.
Already on 28 February 1689, with his tonsure, Benedetto Erba entered in the clerical state, and he was ordained deacon on 11 October 1711 and Priest a week later. He was appointed Titular archbishop of Thessalonica on 18 December 1711, and shortly after consecrated bishop in Rome by Cardinal Fabrizio Paolucci. On 25 January 1712 he became assistant at the Pontifical Throne. Benedetto Erba served as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland from 25 January 1712 to 5 October of the same year.
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