Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa

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Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa , also Gianfrancesco Falzacappa (born April 7, 1767 in Corneto , † November 18, 1840 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal .

Life

Coat of arms of the House of Falzacappa

He came from a family of patricians and landowners, his father Leonardo Falzacappa was a gonfaloniere of Corneto, his mother was Teresa Guerrini. He studied at the Seminary of Frascati and at the La Sapienza University in Rome, where he became Doctor iuris utriusque doctorate was. He then entered the service of Nicola Acciaiuoli Torrigoni , Auditor of the Roman Rota . From September 1, 1796 he was a trainee lawyer at the courts of the Apostolic Signature . Pope Pius VI appointed him in 1796 in the Apostolic office and entrusted him with the support of French priests who in the Papal States had sought refuge. He was ordained a priest on October 27, 1799.

After the restoration of the papal state, Pope Pius VII appointed him secretary of a special congregation that was responsible for the return of the church property confiscated in Rome by the French occupiers. Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa worked for several congregations of the Roman Curia and on February 4, 1801 co-founder of the "Academy for the Catholic Religion". On August 10, 1804 he became a canon of the Vatican Basilica . After he had refused the oath of loyalty under the new French occupation (1808–1814), he was deported first to Parma , later to Alessandria , to Corsica , and finally to the island of Capraia . After the renewed reestablishment of papal rule, he became a member of the commission for the hospitals in Rome on May 15, 1814. When Pope Pius VII had to flee to Genoa in 1815, Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa was a member of the Council of State under Cardinal Giulio Maria della Somaglia . From 1816 he was first secretary of the Congregation for Ecclesiastical Immunity and then of the Council Congregation , which he remained until he was promoted to cardinalate.

On September 27, 1819 Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa was appointed titular archbishop of Athenae . He received his episcopal ordination on September 29, 1819, the Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Velletri and Cardinal Dean Alessandro Mattei ; Co- consecrators were Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri , Archbishop ad personam and Bishop of Rimini , and Francesco Albertini , Bishop of Terracina, Sezze and Priverno .

In the consistory of March 10, 1823 Pope Pius VII elevated him to cardinal priest and awarded him the cardinal's hat on March 13 of the same year and Santi Nereo ed Achilleo as titular church on May 16, 1823 . Also on March 10, 1823, Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa became Bishop of Ancona with the personal title of Archbishop . He took part in the conclave of 1823 , which Pope Leo XIII. chose. He was hostile to Cardinal Ercole Consalvi . On November 17, 1823 he moved to the titular church of Santa Maria in Trastevere . On May 23, 1824, he resigned to the bishopric of Ancona. From April 2, 1827, he was the bishops' examiner in canon law and, from January 7, 1829, prefect of the Apostolic Signature, which he remained until his death. Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa was a participant in the conclave of 1829 , from which Pius VIII emerged as Pope. On January 5, 1830, he became cardinal bishop of the suburbicarian diocese of Albano . Again he took part in the conclave 1830-1831 , which Gregory XVI. lifted up on the chair Petri. On November 22, 1839 he moved to the suburbicarian bishopric of Porto and Santa Rufina with Civitavecchia and became cardinal subdean . From February 18, 1839 to April 27, 1840 he was treasurer of the Holy College of Cardinals .

Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa died on the night of November 18-19, 1840 in Rome and was buried in the Roman Capuchin Church of Santa Maria Immacolata a Via Veneto .

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  1. ↑ or November 19th
predecessor Office successor
Emmanuele De Gregorio Subdean of the College of Cardinals
1839–1840 		Carlo Maria Pedicini
Emmanuele De Gregorio Cardinal Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina
1839–1840 		Carlo Maria Pedicini
Pietro Francesco Galleffi Cardinal Bishop of Albano
1830–1839 		Giacomo Giustiniani
Nicola Riganti Bishop of Ancona
1823–1824 		Cesare Nembrini Pironi Gonzaga
personal data
SURNAME Falzacappa, Giovanni Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falzacappa, Gianfrancesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Corneto
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1840 or November 19, 1840
Place of death Rome