Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte (19 November 1730 – 5 February 1803) was an Italian
Cardinal
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Biography
Prince Don Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte was born on 19 November 1730 in
Naples
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,
Italy
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, the son of Princess Donna Anna Francesca, Princess of Belmonte in her own right and 1st Princess of the Holy Roman Empire (since 1726) by marriage. She was daughter and heiress of the 5th Prince, and as such was a Grandee of Spain 1st Class, 5th Duchess of
Acerenza
Acerenza ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
History
With its strategic position above sea-level, Acerenza has been sacked by a series of invaders.
The town, then kno ...
, 8th Marchioness of
Galatone
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, 5th Countess of
Copertino
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History
Following Charles of ...
, 7th Baroness of
Badolato
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Territory
The village of Badolato is from Catanzaro on Calabria's Ionian coast. Situat ...
, Signore di
Veglie
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,
Leverano
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Leverano w ...
, San Cosimo etc. Prince Don Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte's father was Prince Don (Giuseppe) Antonio Pignatelli y Aymerich, who was also 2nd Marquess of San Vicente and 3rd Marquess of Argençola, and General of the Imperial Cavalry. He was General Commander of the Austrian Army at the
Battle of Bitonto
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in 1734, during the
War of Polish Succession
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, and was created a
Knight of the Golden Fleece
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Knights of the Burgundian Golden Fleece
15th Century
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(Ritter des Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) in 1735, a Knight of the
Order of Santiago
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(Orden de Santiago) and a Knight of the Illustrious Royal
Order of St. Januarius
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(L'Insigne Reale Ordine di San Gennaro) (both in 1765).
Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte's aunt on his father's side, Doña Marianna, Countess of Althann, was lady in waiting to the
Empress Elizabeth
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, consort of
Emperor Charles VI
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and the mother of
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
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.
Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte was ordained priest as a member of the Congregation of Clerks Regular of the Divine Providence (The
Theatines
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), as Father Domenico Pignatelli on 22 September 1753. He was appointed Lector of Sacred Canons in the House of Studies of SS. Apostoli, Naples, on 12 December 1755. Thereafter he was appointed, variously, Secretary to the Superior General, Superior of SS. Apostoli, Procurator General, and Co-Adjustor to Father Antonio Francesco Vezzosi, the Superior General of the Theatine Order, on 31 May 1774. He was himself appointed Superior General on 22 April 1777. He was appointed as Examiner of those appointed to Ecclesiastical Chairs.
In his Episcopate, he was elected
Bishop of Caserta
The Diocese of Caserta ( la, Dioecesis Casertana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Naples.Pontifical Throne on 25 February 1782. He was subsequently consecrated Bishop on 3 March 1782 in Rome, at the church of San Silvestro al Monte, by Cardinal Innocenzo Conti, Secretary of the
Chancery of Apostolic Briefs
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, who was assisted in the ceremony by Girolamo Volpi,
Titular Archbishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Neocesarea, and by François de Pierre de Bernis, Titular Bishop of Apollonia, Vicar General of
Albi
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. Bishop Domenico was General of the Congregation of Clerks Regular of the Divine Providence (The
Theatines
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). He was promoted to the Metropolitan See of
Palermo
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and
Monreale
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on 29 March 1802, and received the
pallium
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on the same day. He was
Viceroy
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, 1802-1803 (styled as 'President of the Kingdom and Captain General'), during the brief reign of King Ferdinand IV. He was created a Cardinal Priest in the consistory of 9 August 1802, and received the red biretta on 5 December 1802, in the chapel of the Seminary of Palermo. He was created a cardinal in place of Paulo Luis Silva, assessor of the
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition
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, who had been created and reserved
In pectore
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in the
consistory
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of 23 February 1801 and died before his name was published.
Cardinal Domenico was
Grand Prior
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of the
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
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, and held the rank of Knight Grand Cross of that Order. He was Knighted in the Illustrious Royal
Order of St. Januarius
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(L'Insigne Reale Ordine di San Gennaro).
Cardinal Domenico died of gout before receiving the red hat and title of his cardinalate, and was buried in the church of the Congregation of Clerks Regular of the Divine Providence (The
Theatines
The Theatines officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium), abreviated CR, is a Catholic order of clerics regular of Pontifical Right for men founded by Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa in Sept. 14, 1524. I ...
), in
Palermo
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.
References
; Additional sources
*LeBlanc, Jean, Dictionnaire biographique des cardinaux du XIXe siècle : contribution à l'histoire du Sacré Collège sous les potificats de Pie VII, Léon XII, Pie VIII, Grégoire XVI, Pie IX et Léon XIII, 1800–1903. Montréal : Wilson & Lafleur, 2007.
*Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VI (1730–1799). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1958, p. 152
*Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800–1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 8 and 298.
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