Gregorio Antonio Maria Salviati (1722–1794) was an
Italian
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Roman Catholic
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Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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on 12 December 1722, the son of Giovanni Vincenzo Salviati,
duke
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of Giuliano, and Anna Maria
Boncompagni
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In 1572 they obtained the papal throne thanks to Ugo Boncompagni, who, with the name of P ...
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He entered the papal household of
Pope Benedict XIV
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in March 1745 as a
privy chamberlain of His Holiness
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Pre-modern history
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inquisitor
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in
Malta
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. On 5 December 1759, he became vice-
legate
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:*Legatus Augusti pro praetore, a provincial governor in the Roman Imperial period
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cardinal deacon
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in the
consistory
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of 23 June 1777. He received the red hat on 26 June 1777, and the
titular church
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of
Santa Maria della Scala
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Santa Maria in Cosmedin
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History
According to Byzantine historian Andrew Ekonom ...
on 27 September 1780. He became
prefect
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of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura on 10 November 1780.
In January 1781, he became cardinal protector of the Kingdom of Ireland. He later became cardinal protector of the
Conventual Franciscans
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Dating back to ...
in August 1783; of the
Knights Hospitaller
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