Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini
Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini (born October 30, 1719 in Genoa , † February 23, 1785 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal and cardinal secretary of state .
Life
Pallavicini, from a Genoese patrician family, was the youngest of the three children of Senator Paologirolamo Pallavicini and his wife Giovanna Serra. He received his doctorate from La Sapienza University as a Doctor iuris utriusque . Then he was a trainee lawyer at the courts of justice of the Apostolic Signature . In 1754 he received minor orders . After being ordained a deacon on March 10, 1754, he was ordained priest nine days later . On April 1 of the same year he became titular archbishop of Naupactus . He received his episcopal consecration on April 7, 1754, Cardinal Federico Marcello Lante , co-consecrators were Archbishop Antonio Branciforte Colonna and Bruno Ballyet , OCD , Bishop of Babylon . From 1754 Pallavicini worked as a nuncio , first in Naples , then in Spain. On September 26, 1766 he was by Clemens XIII. appointed cardinal. Although he was still in Spain, he was made a legate in Bologna in December 1766 . It was only when he returned to Rome in 1768 that his appointment was repeated.
When Pallavicini was in Bologna, Pope Clement XIII died in Rome . Pallavicini immediately traveled to Rome to take part in the conclave to elect a successor. The new Pope Clement XIV appointed Cardinal Pallavicini immediately after his election as Cardinal Secretary of State, which he also did under Pius VI. stayed. When Cardinal Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze , Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy , was sent to Piedmont , Pallavicini was installed as a representative. Since Cardinal delle Lanze died on January 25, 1784, Pallavicini became pro-prefect of that congregation. He died a year later and was buried in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva .
Others
- From the Pallavicini family come, among others, two cardinals, namely Opizio Pallavicini (1632-1700) and Lazzaro Pallavicini (1686-1744), whose first name was Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini.
Web links
- Pallavicini, Lazzaro Opizio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 20, 2016.
- Entry on Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 20, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Luigi Maria Torrigiani |
Cardinal Secretary of State 1769–1785 |
Ignazio Gaetano Boncompagni-Ludovisi |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pallavicini, Lazzaro Opizio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal and cardinal secretary of state |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1719 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1785 |
| Place of death | Rome |