Flavio Chigi (1810–1885)
Flavio Chigi (Rome, 31 May 1810 – Rome, 15 February 1885) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop and Nuncio. Biography Son of Agostino Chigi and Amalia Carlotta Barberini Colonna di Sciarra, Flavio Chigi belonged to the noble Roman Chigi family originating from Siena, which included among its illustrious ancestors: Pope Alexander VII, and several cardinals such as two of his namesakes Flavio Chigi (1631–1693), Flavio Chigi (1711–1771) and Sigismondo Chigi. He studied with private tutors and later studied theology with the Jesuits in Tivoli. Initially initiated into a military career, he was enrolled in the Papal Noble Guard until 1848 and then ordained a priest on 17 December 1853 and became a canon of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, acquiring the title of Secret chamberlain of His Holiness. On 19 June 1856 he was appointed Titular archbishop of Myra. He received episcopal consecration on 6 July of the same year from Pope Pius IX in the Pauline Chapel of the Qui ...
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