Ercole Consalvi
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His Eminence Ercole Consalvi |
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| Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith | |
Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1819).
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| Appointed | 23 March 1822 (Pro-Prefect) |
| Term ended | 24 January 1824 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Battista Quarantotti |
| Successor | Giulio Maria della Somaglia |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres |
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| Consecration | 21 December 1782 |
| Created Cardinal | 11 August 1800 by Pope Pius VII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Born |
8 June 1757 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 24 January 1824 (aged 66) |
| Buried | San Marcello al Corso |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Ercole Consalvi (8 June 1757 – 24 January 1824) was a deacon and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served twice as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Papal States and who played a crucial role in the post-Napoleonic reassertion of the legitimist principle of the divine right of kings, of which he was a constant supporter.
Consalvi was born in Rome, a descendent of the ancient noble family of the Brunacci of Pisa. The cardinal's grandfather, Gregorio Brunacci, had taken the name and arms of the late Marquess Ercole Consalvi of Rome, as was required in order to inherit the large fortune the original Consalvi had left. He was the son of Mario Giuseppe Consalvi, the Marquess of Toscanella, and Countess Claudia Carandini of Modena. At the death of his father in 1763, Ercole was entrusted to the care of Cardinal Andrea Negroni. He was educated at the college of the Piarists from 1776 to 1771. He then entered the seminary founded in Frascati by the English Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart, who was also called Duke of York by Jacobites, thus often referred to as "Cardinal York", and who was the Stuart pretender to the throne of Great Britain. He became a favorite of the Cardinal's and was helped by him to obtain high office in the Roman Curia while still a young man.
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