Francesco Bertazzoli

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Francesco Bertazzoli (born May 1, 1754 in Lugo , Emilia-Romagna , † April 7, 1830 in Rome ) was an Italian clergyman, bishop and cardinal .

Life

Education and early years

The descendant of a noble family studied at the University of Bologna , where he acquired the academic degree of Doctor iuris utriusque and Doctor theologiae on October 20, 1778.

He was ordained priest in 1777. After receiving his doctorate, he became professor of theology at the seminary in Lugo. In this position he met the then bishop of Imola Gregorio Barnaba Chiaramonti OSBCas , who would later become Pope as Pius VII , who appointed Bertazzoli as his house theologian. In 1796, Francesco Bertazzoli tried to mediate in the revolt of the people of Imola against the French army; In 1799, after the occupation by Austrian troops, he became a member of the city's government council. He lent Cardinal Chiaramonti the necessary amount of money so that he could travel to Venice for the conclave of 1799-1800 , where he was elected Pope. Pius VII offered Bertazzoli the bishopric of Montalto , but he refused. On April 10, 1802, one day after the death of Gregorio Bandi , Pope Pius VI's local chaplain . , Francesco Bertazzoli was called to Rome, where he entered the service of the Curia . Before May 1, 1802, he was appointed House Prelate of His Holiness and Canon of Santa Maria Maggiore .

Episcopate

On May 24, 1802, Francesco Bertazzoli was appointed by the Pope as titular archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne and as almsman to His Holiness , and two days later appointed papal assistant to the throne . He was ordained bishop on May 30th of the same year by the Cardinal Bishop of Frascati Henry Benedict Stuart ; Co-consecrators were the Curia Bishops Giovanni Coppola and Angelo Cesarini . He accompanied the Pope on his trip to France in 1804 and assisted on December 2nd of the same year with the coronation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French. After the French troops captured Rome, he withdrew to his hometown of Lugo. In the spring of 1811, Napoleon called him to Paris so that Bertazzoli - who was considered weak of character - could exercise his influence on the Pope. After long negotiations with Cardinal Joseph Fesch , Bertazzoli and Cardinal Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane were allowed to visit the Pope who was imprisoned in Savona at the time . Bertazzoli's influence on the Pope finally opened the way to a compromise. In 1811 Bertazzoli was nominated Bishop of Piacenza by Napoleon , but this remained ineffective. He accompanied the Pope when he was brought from Savona to Fontainebleau between June 9 and June 19, 1812 . He was the only companion of the Pope in his captivity and may have contributed to Pius VII signing the Fontainebleau Concordat on January 25, 1813 . After Pius VII had revoked the Concordat on March 24, 1813, Bertazzoli stayed with the Pope and accompanied him on the trip to Savona in January and February 1814 and to Rome from March to May of the same year. He resumed his position as papal chaplain and, from the spring of 1814, under Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca, participated in the restoration of church conditions and became a member of several congregations of the Roman Curia .

Cardinalate

Pope Pius VII elevated him to cardinal priest in the consistory of March 10, 1823 and awarded him Santa Maria sopra Minerva as titular church on May 16 of the same year . Francesco Bertazzoli took part in the conclave of 1823 , in which Leo XII. was elected Pope. From August 28, 1824 until his death, Cardinal Bertazzoli was Prefect of the Study Congregation established by the Apostolic Constitution Quod divina sapientia . Cardinal Bertazzoli was close friends with Cardinal Mauro Alberto Cappellari, who later became Pope Gregory XVI. On December 15, 1828, he became Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina . He was a participant in the conclave of 1829 , which Pius VIII elected Pope.

Francesco Bertazzoli died surprisingly on April 7, 1830 and was buried in his former titular church, Santa Maria sopra Minerva . He appointed Cardinal Cappellari as his executor.

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SURNAME Bertazzoli, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, bishop and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Lugo , Emilia-Romagna
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1830
Place of death Rome