Paolo Leardi

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Paolo Leardi (* 1762 in Casale Monferrato ; † December 31, 1823 in Vienna ) was a Piedmontese clergyman and papal diplomat .

Life

He was ordained a priest on July 18, 1784 and received his doctorate from the University of Bologna as Doctor iuris utriusque . He then became the secret chamberlain of Pope Pius VI. Paolo Leardi held the funeral oration on Louis XVI on September 28, 1793 in the Quirinal Palace . in the presence of the Pope, Cardinal François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis and the aunts of the executed King of France ( les Mesdames ). On November 9th, 1800 he entered the service of the Curia as the papal house prelate . On October 30 of the same year he became ponens of the Sacra Consulta and shortly thereafter its dean, and he was also a judge at the courts of the Apostolic Signature . On September 1, 1815, he became Assessor of the Congregation for the Military.

Pope Pius VII appointed him titular Archbishop of Ephesus on September 23, 1816 . He was ordained bishop on January 12, 1817 by Cardinal Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca ; Co- consecrators were the Curia Archbishops Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata and Giovanni Francesco Compagnoni Marefoschi . Paolo Leardi became apostolic nuncio at the imperial court in Vienna on March 20, 1816 , his letter of accreditation is dated March 7, 1817. In March 1819 he returned to Rome again to prepare for the visit of the Austrian Emperor Franz I , who in April Took place in 1819.

Works

  • In funera Ludovici XVI. Rome 1793. French translation by Pierre d'Hesmivy d'Auribeau: Oraison funèbre de SM Louis XVI. Rome 1793.

literature

  • Philippe Bountry: Prélats Référendaires et officers de curie en fonctions sous la restauration (1814–1846) . 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. 335–336 (French, online edition [accessed May 20, 2019]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gazzetta di Milano . Dalla CR, Stamperia di governo, 1824 ( google.it [accessed July 16, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Leardi, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Piedmontese clergyman and papal diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Casale Monferrato
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1823
Place of death Vienna