Giovanni Battista Quarantotti
Giovanni Battista Quarantotti (born September 27, 1733 in Rome , † September 15, 1820 there ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .
Live and act
He came from a noble family, studied at the Collegio Romano and in 1756 entered the government service of the Papal States . He later became a member of the Order of Malta . In 1764 Quarantotti became Commander Abbot of the Monastery of S. Eutizio in Norcia . In 1770 he became an employee of the Apostolic Signature (Pontifical Court of Justice), later secretary and pro-prefect of the Congregation Propaganda Fide and prefect of Annona .
Pope Pius VII elevated him to cardinal in March 1816 in pectore , which was published on July 23 of the same year and he was appointed cardinal priest of the titular church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli . From May 1820 until his death he was Prefect of the Apostolic Signature and the Press Department in the Propaganda Fide.
He died in 1820 and was buried in the chapel of the Santo Bambino of his titular church, Santa Maria in Aracoeli .
Web links
- Quarantotti, Giovanni Battista. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 23, 2017.
- Entry on Giovanni Battista Quarantotti on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 23, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roberto Regoli: Ercole Consalvi: le scelte per la Chiesa , Gregorian Biblical Bookshop, 2006, p 374, ISBN 8878390682 ; (Digital scan)
- ↑ Website of the monastery ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Philippe Boutry: Souverain et pontife: recherches prosopographiques sur la curie romaine à l'âge de la restauration (1814-1846) École française de Rome, Rome 2002, ISBN 978-2-72830666-4 , p. 453
- ↑ Cf.: Pius Gams : History of the Church of Christ in the 19th Century with Special Consideration for Germany. Vol. 2. Innsbruck 1855. p. 389
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quarantotti, Giovanni Battista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1820 |
| Place of death | Rome |