Domenico De Simone

Domenico De Simone (born November 29, 1768 in Benevento , † November 9, 1837 in Rome ; also Domenico De Simoni ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He was the fifth child of the marchese Filippo De Simone, a court official of the King of Naples , and his wife Vincenza Capece Scondito. His great-uncle was the Cardinal Gennaro Antonio De Simone . Domenico De Simone was also a nephew of Cardinal Camillo de Simone . He received his basic education at the College of San Carlo a Mortella in Naples. He then went to Rome, where he attended the Collegio Nazareno from 1781 to 1788 under the care of his uncle and studied at the Academy for the Church Nobility from 1789 to 1792 .

On December 13, 1792, Domenico De Simone entered the service of the Curia as a trainee lawyer and became papal house prelate . Pius VI appointed him governor of Fabriano in 1794, a post he held until the French invasion. During the French occupation of the Papal States , he and his uncle took refuge in Naples and Benevento. After the first restoration of papal rule, he held various offices in the administration of the Papal States until he retired into private life during the second French occupation. After the renewed restoration of the papal state he was under Pius VII. Among other things Apostolic Delegate, cleric of the Apostolic Chamber and Prefect of Annona, before becoming maestro di camera Leo XII on December 15, 1828 . advanced. Pius VIII confirmed him in this position. In addition, Domenico De Simone was Apostolic Protonotary since December 28, 1828 .

Pope Pius VIII created him in the consistory of March 15, 1830 as cardinal deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria and assigned him to the Congregation for Indulgences and Holy Relics , the Congregation for the Administration of Goods , the Congregation for the Economy and the Congregation for Reconstruction from Saint Paul Outside the Walls to. Domenico De Simone was appointed Apostolic Legate of Ferrara on July 24, 1830. On December 18, 1830, he was ordained as a deacon . He took part in the conclave 1830-1831 , which Gregory XVI. elected to the Pope. From February 24, 1832 to 1833 he was chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals .

Domenico De Simone died after a long illness and was buried in his titled deaconry Sant'Angelo in Pescheria .

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. 260–262 (French, online edition [accessed November 2, 2019] called Camillo de Simone there).

Web links

• De Simone, Domenico. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 21, 2019.
• Entry on Domenico De Simone on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 21, 2019.