Giuseppe Garampi
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Giuseppe Garampi was an Italian scholar and collector of documents and books. He was nominated Cardinal
of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius VI
.
. Pope Pius VI nominated him as Cardinal
on the consistory
on 14 February 1785.
He died in 1792 at 66.
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VI , born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, was Pope from 1775 to 1799.-Early years:Braschi was born in Cesena...
.
Biography
He was born in RiminiRimini
Rimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa...
. Pope Pius VI nominated him as Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
on the consistory
Consistory
-Antiquity:Originally, the Latin word consistorium meant simply 'sitting together', just as the Greek synedrion ....
on 14 February 1785.
He died in 1792 at 66.
External links
- Data extracted from www.catholic-hierarchy.org on page http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgarampi.html
- A brief biography of Giuseppe Garampi can be found on this site http://www.webalice.it/antoniomontanari1/arch.2004/arch2/garampi.bio.html