Giulio Maria della Somaglia (original) (raw)
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Italian cardinal
| Styles ofGiulio Maria della Somaglia | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Antioch |
| Ordination history ofGiulio Maria della Somaglia |
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| HistoryEpiscopal consecrationConsecrated byHyacinthe-Sigismond GerdilDate21 December 1788 |
| Episcopal successionBishops consecrated by Giulio Maria della Somaglia as principal consecratorFabrizio Cimino2 February 1798Annibale Di Leo2 February 1798Michele Palmieri2 February 1798Filippo Speranza2 February 1798Florido Pierleoni26 September 1802Giulio Rossi4 November 1804 |
Giulio Maria della Somaglia (29 July 1744 – 2 April 1830))[1] was an Italian cardinal. and Secretary of State under Pope Leo XII. He was known as a staunch zelante cardinal who helped enforce an authoritarian regime in the crumbling Papal States.
Della Somaglia was born in Piacenza in 1744 to Count Carlo Maria Cavazzia and Countess Marianna Fenaroli; he was one of five children.[1] He was sent to Rome at the age of twelve and studied at the Collegio Nazzareno and La Sapienza University, acquiring degrees in both canon and civil law.
In 1769 he became domestic prelate of Pope Clement XIV and under Pope Pius VI he was secretary to several curial congregations between 1773 and 1787.[2]Although he was only ordained to the priesthood in 1787, he became titular Patriarch of Antioch the following year; he became a cardinal on 1 June 1795.[1]
In his years as a cardinal della Somaglia played an important role as a negotiator with the revolutionary regime in France. Although he undoubtedly agreed with Pius VI's 1791 condemnation of the French Revolution and was expelled from Rome when Napoleon's army invaded in 1808, he was charged with the examination of the concordat with France several years later. This role served to taint della Somaglia's reputation in the eyes of fellow zelanti cardinals. From 1814 he was Secretary of the Inquisition and Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1820.[2]
In the 1823 conclave, della Somaglia was considered papabile. In 1826 he resigned the post of Secretary of State,[3][4] but continued as Secretary of the Inquisition until his death in 1830. When he died, della Somaglia was the last cardinal still alive elevated by Pius VI.
- ^ a b c "Biography page". Treccani.
- ^ a b "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Pope Pius VI (1775-1799)". Florida International University.
- ^ "Diary of Saint Eugène de Mazenod, 1849-1860, Page 44" (PDF). Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
- ^ "Diary of Saint Eugène de Mazenod, 1825-26, 1845, 1854, Page 46" (PDF). Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
- Miranda, Salvador. "DELLA SOMAGLIA, Giulio Maria (1744-1830)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded byGiuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj | Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 26 September 1814 – 21 December 1818 | Succeeded byBartolomeo Pacca |
| Preceded byAntonio Dugnani | Cardinal-bishop of Porto 21 December 1818 – 29 May 1820 | Succeeded byMichele di Pietro |
| Preceded byErcole Consalvi | Cardinal Secretary of State 28 September 1823 – 17 January 1828 | Succeeded byTommaso Bernetti(Pro-Secretary) |
| Preceded byAlessandro Mattei | Bishop of Ostia 29 May 1820 – 2 April 1830 | Succeeded byBartolomeo Pacca |
| Dean of the College of Cardinals 29 May 1820 – 2 April 1830 |