Giuseppe Firrao (20 July 1736 – 24 January 1830) was an Italian

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Biography

Firrao was born in Fagnano Castello,

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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). He initiated his formal education in

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, studied humanities at ''Collegio Nazareno'' and later completed a doctorate in canon and civil law at

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. He received the

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in the period 1775-1782 and was

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as a priest on 16 March 1782. On 25 February 1782 Firrao was elected

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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

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in early 1785.

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elevated him to cardinal in the

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of 23 February 1801 with the title of

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. In the period of 1802 - 1803 he was made

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of the

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

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and in the next conclave in 1829. Cardinal Firrao died in

and was buried in the metropolitan cathedral.

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