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Giuseppe Firrao (seniore)

Giuseppe Firrao (seniore)

18th-century Roman Catholic cardinal

Giuseppe Firrao (1670–1744) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

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Biography

He is the Great-uncle of Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (iuniore). On 11 Apr 1717, he was consecrated bishop by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach, Bishop of Basel, with Johann Christoph Haus, Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis, and Konrad Ferdinand Geist von Wildegg, Titular Bishop of Tricale, serving as co-consecrators.[1][2]

On 4 October 1733, Pope Clement XII appointed Firrao his Secretary of State.[3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Miranda, Salvador. "FIRRAO, Giuseppe (1670-1744)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
  2. [2]
    Cheney, David M. "Giuseppe Cardinal Firrao". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  3. [3]
    Pastor, pp. 333-334.

Bibliography

  • Cardella, Lorenzo (1794). Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Vol.VIII. Rome: Pagliarini, pp. 252–253. (in Italian)
  • Pastor, Ludwig (von) (1941). The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages. Vol. XXXIV (London: Kegan Paul). pp. 37, 181,

334. 338, 385. 386, 390, 403.

  • Weber, Christoph (1994). Legati e governatori dello Stato Pontificio : 1550-1809. Roma : Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali, Ufficio centrale per i beni archivistici, pp. 117, 220, 282, 333, 418, 433 and 673. (in Italian)
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