Adriano Fieschi

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Adriano Fieschi (born March 7, 1788 in Genoa , † February 6, 1858 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He came from the Genoese noble family of Fieschi , from which the Popes Innocent IV and Hadrian V as well as the cardinals Guglielmo Fieschi , Luca Fieschi , Giovanni Fieschi , Ludovico Fieschi , Giorgio Fieschi , Niccolò Fieschi and Lorenzo Fieschi had emerged. From 1815 he studied at the Pontifical Academy for the Church Nobility and was incardinated in the clergy of the Archdiocese of Genoa . He was vice-legate in Bologna and from 1819 to 1823 apostolic delegate in Spoleto, later he worked in Perugia and Macerata. He was also secretary of the Congregation for Roads and Water of the Papal States . By a papal bull dated June 9, 1833, he was awarded extensive benefices . From July of that year he was Majordomo of His Holiness .

Pope Gregory XVI created him in the consistory of 23 June 1834 for cardinal in pectore , this was made public on 13 September. 1838 Adriano Fieschi received the red hat and the title deaconry Santa Maria in Portico Campitelli on September 17, 1838. In July 1836 the Pope appointed him prefect of the Apostolic Palace . On January 27, 1843, he opted for the title diakonia Santa Maria ad Martyres . He was a participant in the conclave of 1846, from which Pius IX. emerged as Pope. On July 13, 1847 he became apostolic legate in the provinces of Urbino and Pisa. Adriano Fieschi opted on December 19, 1853 to the cardinal class of cardinal priests and to the titular church of Santa Maria della Vittoria . From January 23, 1854 until his death he was Grand Prior of the Order of St. John in Jerusalem .

Adriano Fieschi was the last living representative of the Genoese Fieschi.

He was buried in his titular church Santa Maria della Vittoria .

literature

  • Philippe Bountry: Le sacré collège des cardinaux . In: Souverain et pontife. Recherches prosopographiques sur la Curie Romaine à l'âge de la Restoration (1814–1846) . École française de Rome, Rome 2002, margin no. 323–325 (French, online edition [accessed June 19, 2019]).

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personal data
SURNAME Fieschi, Adriano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1858
Place of death Rome