Charles Erskine of Kellie
Charles Erskine Earl of Kellie (born February 13, 1739 in Rome , † March 20, 1811 in Paris ) was an Italo-Scottish Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
Belonging to a family from Scotland , his father was Colin Earl of Kellie and Mar and his mother was Noble Agatha Gigli from Anagni. After attending the Scottish College in Rome, Erskine attended the La Sapienza University , also located in Rome, from 1748 to 1753 , where he obtained a doctorate in constitutional law in 1770 .
Initially active as a layman at the Curia , Pope Pius VI appointed him . 1782 as the papal house prelate , canon of St. Peter's Basilica , papal pro-auditor and promoter of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith . As early as 1783 he was promoted to dean of consistorial lawyers. After he had received the subdiaconate ordination on August 28, 1783 , the Pope sent him to England as a legate in October 1793 , where he had excellent connections to the royal court and the various ministries. Here he worked as the Pope's auditor and was supposed to ease the difficult situation of the English Catholics. Appointed cardinal in pectore by Pope Pius VII on February 23, 1801 , Erskine returned to Rome that same year. After his name as a cardinal was published on January 17, 1803, he received the cardinal's hat on January 20, 1803 and on March 28, 1803 he was assigned the title diaconia Santa Maria in Campitelli as a cardinal deacon . After he was ordained deacon on January 22, 1804 , he was appointed Protector of Scotland and on September 14, 1808 Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Papal Breven . When the French occupied the city of Rome, Erskine was under house arrest with the Pope in the Quirinal Palace . Although he was in poor health, Napoleon ordered him to Paris in 1809, where he left Rome on January 2, 1810. Here he witnessed the emperor's civil marriage, but did not attend the church wedding on the following day.
His grave is now in the Sainte-Geneviève church in Paris, today's Pantheon .
Web links
- Erskine, Charles. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 23, 2017.
- Entry on Charles Erskine of Kellie on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 23, 2017.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kellie, Charles Erskine of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kellie, Charles Erskine Earl of (full name); Erskine, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-Scottish Curial Cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1811 |
| Place of death | Paris |