Carlo Francesco Durini

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Carlo Francesco Durini (born January 20, 1693 in Milan , † June 25, 1769 there ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

Carlo Francesco Durini was the youngest of nine children of Giovanni Giacomo Durini, Count of Monza, and his wife Margherita Visconti. His family originally came from Como . Only Carlo is given as his first name .

The church career was determined for him from an early age. He was sent to Rome, where he spent his first education at the Collegio Clementino of somaschi fathers received. He then studied at the University of Pavia and received his doctorate there on April 24, 1714, Doctor iuris utriusque . Carlo Francesco Durini returned to Rome and became the secret chamberlain of Pope Clement XI. On August 20, 1723 he entered the service of the Apostolic Signature as a trainee lawyer and at the same time became House Prelate of His Holiness . The ordination received Carlo Francesco Durini on February 3, 1725, on February 28 of that year he became governor of his time to the Papal States belonging to Benevento . He was later successively governor of Spoleto (1727), vice-governor of Fermo (November 1730) and from July 1, 1732 of the province of Campagna e Marittima .

On June 22, 1739 Carlo Francesco Durini was appointed titular archbishop of Rhodus . He was ordained bishop on July 5, 1739 in the church of San Carlo al Corso in Rome by Cardinal Antonio Saverio Gentili ; Co-consecrators were the Curia Archbishops Antonio Maria Pallavicini and Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini . On July 5, 1739 Carlo Francesco Durini was appointed papal assistant to the throne . He was Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerland from August 12, 1739 and Nuncio in France from January 1744. Pope Benedict XIV appointed him Bishop of Pavia on July 23, 1753 with the personal title of Archbishop ; on the same day he received the pallium , since the diocese of Pavia had been united with the titular archbishopric of Amasea by an Apostolic Breve dated February 15, 1743 .

Pope Benedict XIV elevated him to cardinal priest in the consistory of November 26, 1753. The Pope sent him the red biretta in a bull dated December 1, 1753, Carlo Francesco Durini received the cardinal's hat on December 5 of the same year, and on December 16, 1753 he was assigned the titular church of Santi Quattro Coronati . He was a member of the following congregations : the Congregation for the Council of Tridentine , the Congregation for Bishops , the Congregation Propaganda Fide and the Congregation for Ecclesiastical Immunity . In the diocese of Pavia he devoted himself to the reform of the clergy and popular piety, he had numerous churches repaired, especially the cathedral of Pavia , which was in ruins because of its old age and had already been abandoned by Durini's predecessor. He also ordered renovation work on a ten-kilometer-wide strip of shore to keep the bottom in his bed. As a cardinal, Carlo Francesco Durini took part in the conclave in 1758 , in which Clemens XIII. was elected Pope. For the 1769 conclave , which made Clement XIV pope, he was unable to travel to Rome because of his serious illness, although he received a few votes from among the electorate of the pope until May 14th.

Carlo Francesco Durini died on the night of June 25th, 1769 in his native Milan and was buried in the Cathedral of Pavia.

Family relationships

His nephew Angelo Maria Durini (1725–1796) was also elevated to cardinal in 1776.

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Remarks

  1. ^ According to Fiamma Satta:  Durini, Carlo Francesco. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 42. Rome 1993. Also after Durini, Carlo Francesco. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English) and Conclave of February 15 - May 19, 1769. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ) he did not take part in the conclave. The different information in the entry for Carlo Francesco Durini on catholic-hierarchy.org is based on an error.
predecessor Office successor
Francesco Pertusati Bishop of Pavia
1753–1769 		Bartolomeo Olivazzi
personal data
SURNAME Durini, Carlo Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Durini, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1769
Place of death Milan