Cardinal Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli

Ruspoli

The Ruspoli are an old and noble Italian family .The origins of the family can be traced back to the Ruspolis of Florence in the 13th Century and through the family's claimed direct descent from Marius Scotus in the 8th Century and the Marescottis of Bologna...

(Rome

Rome

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, October 25, 1697 – Vignanello

Vignanello

Vignanello is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 60 km northwest of Rome and about 14 km southeast of Viterbo...

, May 21, 1741)

Biography

Born in Rome on October 25, 1697.

Son of Prince Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri

Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri

Francesco Maria Marescotti, Principe Ruspoli was the ?th Marchese and 1st Principe di Cerveteri, 1st Marchese di Riano and 6th Conte di Vignanello....

 and wife Isabella Cesi dei Duchi di Acquasparta

Acquasparta

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, maternal niece of Pope Innocent XIII

Pope Innocent XIII

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.

Knight

Knight

A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....

 of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Protonotary Apostolic

Protonotary apostolic

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 since 1718.

Governatore del Conclave in 1721.

Segretario del Memoriale since 1721.

Segretario of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

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 since 1724.

Ordained Cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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 by Pope Clement XII

Pope Clement XII

Pope Clement XII , born Lorenzo Corsini, was Pope from 12 July 1730 to 6 February 1740.Born in Florence, the son of Bartolomeo Corsini, Marquis of Casigliano and his wife Isabella Strozzi, sister of the Duke of Bagnuolo, Corsini had been an aristocratic lawyer and financial manager under preceding...

 on October 2, 1730 (with the title of Santi Cosma e Damiano from November 22, 1730).

Gran Priore of the Ordine di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme

Knights Hospitaller

The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...

since 1731.

Sources

• http://www.fiu.edu
• Galeazzo Ruspoli, I Ruspoli, Published by Gremese 2001.