Giuseppe Firrao (20 July 1736 – 24 January 1830) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Biography

Firrao was born in

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to Pier Maria Firrao, Prince of Sant'Agata and of Luzi, and Livia Grillo di Agapito, Duchess of Mondragone and Countess of Carinola. He is the Great-nephew of

Giuseppe Firrao (seniore) Giuseppe Firrao (1670–1744) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography He is the Great-uncle of Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (iuniore). On 11 Apr 1717, he was consecrated bishop by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach, Bishop of Basel, with Johan ...

. He initiated his formal education in Naples, studied humanities at ''Collegio Nazareno'' and later completed a doctorate in canon and civil law at La Sapienza University, Rome. He received the minor orders in the period 1775-1782 and was ordained as a priest on 16 March 1782. On 25 February 1782 Firrao was elected titular

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of Petra in Palaestina and appointed nuncio in

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on 8 April 1782. He became secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars in early 1785.

Pope Pius VII Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...

elevated him to cardinal in the consistory of 23 February 1801 with the title of Sant'Eusebio. In the period of 1802 - 1803 he was made

Camerlengo Camerlengo (plural: ''camerlenghi'', Italian for "chamberlain") is an Italian title of medieval origin. It derives from the late Latin ''camarlingus'', in turn coming through the Frankish ''kamerling'', from the Latin ''camerarius'' which meant "ch ...

of the College of Cardinals and ''First Priest'' of the same high ecclesiastical body 1823 - 1830. He took part in the

Papal conclave, 1823 The 1823 papal conclave was convoked following the death of Pope Pius VII on 20 August 1823. The conclave began on 2 September and ended 26 days later with the election of Cardinal Annibale Sermattei della Genga who became Pope Leo XII. Pius VI ...

and in the next conclave in 1829. Cardinal Firrao died in Naples and was buried in the metropolitan cathedral.

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