Giuseppe Firrao (1670–1744) was a

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cardinal.

Biography

He is the Great-uncle of Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (iuniore). On 11 Apr 1717, he was

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bishop by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach,

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, with Johann Christoph Haus,

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of ''Domitiopolis'', and

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of ''Tricale'', serving as

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. On 4 October 1733,

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appointed Firrao his Secretary of State.Pastor, pp. 333-334.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of:

References

Bibliography

*Cardella, Lorenzo (1794). ''Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa''. Vol.VIII. Rome: Pagliarini, pp. 252–253. *Pastor, Ludwig (von) (1941). ''The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages''
Vol. XXXIV
(London: Kegan Paul). pp. 37, 181, 334. 338, 385. 386, 390, 403. *Weber, Christoph (1994). ''Legati e governatori dello Stato Pontificio : 1550-1809''. Roma : Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali, Ufficio centrale per i beni archivistici, pp. 117, 220, 282, 333, 418, 433 and 673. 1670 births 1744 deaths 18th-century Italian cardinals Apostolic Nuncios to Portugal Apostolic Nuncios to Switzerland {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub