Taddeo Luigi dal Verme (1641–1717) was a

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cardinal.

Biography

He was born in

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on 16 February 1641 and was baptized the following day. He was the son of Giovanni Maria Dal Verme, count of

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, and of Ottavia Meli-Lupi, marquise of

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. He was also the nephew of Cardinal

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and was related to cardinals

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and

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. After attending

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, he obtained his doctorate in in utroque iure on 26 January 1688 . He was already receiving the tonsure in 1650 when he was just nine years old, and he had renounced his birthright in 1664 with the intention of becoming a priest. He went to

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that same year and accompanied Mario Alberici,

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to Vienna, as secretary. Ordained a priest, he became prefect of the episcopal palace of

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. Despite having declined the episcopal promotion several times to the headquarters of the same city that had been repeatedly proposed by the Duke of

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, he could not oppose the wishes of Pope Innocent XI who forced him to take possession of that episcopal see, electing him on 20 December 1688. Created cardinal presbyter in the

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of 12 December 1695 he received a special dispensation to this office since he had his uncle in the

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. On 2 January 1696 he received the purple and the title of Sant'Alessio . Transferred to the

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site from that same date, he participated in the 1700 conclave that elected Pope Clement XI. He was promoted to the bishopric of Ferrara on 14 March 1702. He died in the city on 12 January 1717. He was exposed to public veneration in the Ferrara cathedral and buried together with the other bishops of that seat.

Episcopal genealogy

* Cardinal Francesco Maria Macchiavelli * Pope Innocent XI * Cardinal Taddeo Luigi dal Verme

Bibliography

* '' Historical-ecclesiastical erudition dictionary from San Pietro to the present day'' by

Gaetano Moroni Gaetano Moroni (17 October 1802, Rome – 3 November 1883, Rome) was an Italian writer on the history and contemporary structure of the Catholic Church and an official of the papal court in Rome. He was the author of the well-known ''Dizionario ...

, 1879, Venice, Tip. Emiliana * '' Biographical Dictionary of Italians'' by

Alberto Maria Ghisalberti Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

, Massimiliano Pavan, Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia - 1960, Milan

References

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