Antonio Codronchi (5 August 1746,

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- 22 January 1826,

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

) was an Italian priest and archbishop.

Life

He served as

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to Turin from 1778 until he was made

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made himself

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, he made Codronchi grand-almoner, senator and grand-dignitary of the

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. After Napoleon's fall, he backed the Bourbons.

Bibliography

*Giuseppe Pignatelli, ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italian'', vol. 26, 1982, p. CODRONCHI, Antonio Archbishops of Ravenna 1746 births 1826 deaths {{Italy-RC-archbishop-stub