Carlo Vittorio Amedeo Delle Lanze (1712–1784) was an Italian clergyman, a Roman Catholic

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, but in his late life he was a supporter of Jesuit and part of the

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Biography

He was born in 1712, the son of Carlo Francesco Agostino, conte di Sale e di Vinovo, the illegitimate son of

Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy Charles Emmanuel II ( it, Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia); 20 June 1634 – 12 June 1675) was Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine of France until 1648. He was also Marquis of Saluzzo, Count of Aosta, Geneva, Mo ...

. In his youth, he became a soldier and started a military career in the army of the

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, but in 1730 he decided to follow the ecclesiastic career, studying at the

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. Ordained as priest in 1736, he did his pastoral work in

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as spiritual assistant of young people and university students. In 1743, he was named

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of San Giusto di

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, and then of the

Lucedio Abbey Lucedio Abbey (Italian: ''Abbazia di Santa Maria di Lucedio'') is a 12th-century former Cistercian foundation near Trino, Piedmont, Trino, which is now in the province of Vercelli, north-west Italy. It played an important role in the development o ...

. In 1747, he was named cardinal and

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; two years later, he received the ''

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'' of the

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in northern Piedmont. He presided over the marriage between

Victor Amadeus III of Savoy Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amadeo Maria; 26 June 1726 – 16 October 1796) was Kingdom of Sardinia, King of Sardinia from 1773 to his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until he de ...

and

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. In 1775, he was named secretary of the

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. He died in the

and was buried there.

Papal elections

As a cardinal, Delle Lanze participated in 3 conclaves:

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and

1774 Events January–March * January 21 – Mustafa III, List of Ottoman Sultans, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. * January 27 ** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and f ...

. During the conclave of 1774, Delle Lanze was one of the ''pro-Jesuit'' cardinals, and in the first ballots he received the highest number of votes on 25 October, but, due to the opposition of the cardinals with strong ties with the European monarchies, he was not elected as pope.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Delle Lanze, Amedeo 1712 births 1784 deaths Clergy from Turin 18th-century Italian cardinals Lucedio Abbey Abbey of Fruttuaria Archbishops of Nicosia