Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra (8 May 1708 – 18 January 1763) was an Italian
Catholic
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Cardinal
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Animals
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of the noble
Colonna di Sciarra family.
Biography
Born in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, he was the brother of
Prospero Colonna di Sciarra
Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (17 January 1707 – 20 April 1765) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the family of the dukes of Carbognano. He was the brother of cardinal Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra.
Biography
He was named Cardina ...
and grand-uncle of
Benedetto Barberini, who, after the merger of the
Barberini
The House of Barberini are a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII. Their urban palace ...
and
Colonna
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families, was also referred to as Benedetto Barberini Colonna di Sciarra. He was a distant relative of Oddone Colonna, who was elected to the papacy as
Pope Martin V
Pope Martin V ( la, Martinus V; it, Martino V; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Otto (or Oddone) Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. Hi ...
. He was also
lay abbot
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of
Santa Maria in Sylvis
The Abbey of Santa Maria in Sylvis (Italian: ''Abbazia di Santa Maria in Silvis'') is a monastery in the centre of Sesto al Reghena, in the province of Pordenone, north-eastern Italy.
History
The abbey, founded around 730–735 AD, belonged to t ...
, in
Friuli
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.
Between 1756 and his death at Rome in 1763, he was
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
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.
References
1708 births
1763 deaths
Girolamo
Nobility from Rome
18th-century Italian cardinals
Clergy from Rome
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