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44: 967: 937: 585:, who was kidnapped along with Pope Pius VII, took the office of Pro-Secretary of State in 1808 and maintained his memoirs during his exile. His memoirs, written originally in Italian, have been translated into English (two volumes) and describe the ups and down of their exile and the triumphant return to Rome in 1814. 568:. This lasted until Pius VII signed the Concordat of Fontainebleau in January 1813. The cardinal was then allowed to leave his place of forced residence and joined the Pope. Consalvi then promptly persuaded Pius to retract the concessions he had made to Napoleon, which he began to do in March of that same year. 616:
For the remainder of the pontificate of Pius VII, Consalvi was the virtual ruler of Rome. Consalvi went on to reform the administration of Rome and to some extent modernized the city. He was said to be so much in control of the pope that Pius would have to wait at the gates of paradise until the
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did provide certain civil guarantees to the church, acknowledging "the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion" as that of the "majority of French citizens". In Paris he enjoyed a considerable social success thanks to his personal charisma, to which even Napoleon was not immune.
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from him in a public consistory on 14 August 1800. In this capacity Consalvi first endeavoured to restore better conditions in the Papal States. He introduced free trade, withdrew from circulation all depreciated money, and admitted a large number of laymen to Government offices.
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Consalvi was highly cultivated and a lifelong devotee of poetry, the arts and sciences, archaeology, and, in particular, music. He did much to embellish Rome and to make it an art-centre by designing public promenades along the
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Decisiones Sacrae Romanae Rotae coram R.P.D. Hercule Consalvi, ejusdem Sacrae Rotae auditore, nunc S.R.E. Diacono Cardinali tituli S. Mariae ad Martyres, Ssmi D.N. Papae Pii VII. Status, Breviumque a secretis
613:. Consalvi wrote, "The Holy Father, because of his position as Visible head of the Church, and as an essentially peaceful sovereign, will continue to maintain ...a perfect neutrality toward all nations". 486:, on 28 July 1817). In his new position of Secretary of State, he immediately left Rome for Paris in June 1801 to negotiate an understanding with the French, that resulted in the Catholic Church's 1149: 571:
In consequence of his role in shifting Pius' position, the French authorities first barred Consalvi from seeing the Pope, then the following January again sent him into exile, this time in
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to which he had just been appointed a few days prior. Although a consummate diplomat and man of the world, Consalvi has been called "one of the purest glories of the Church of Rome".
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by Ercole Consalvi; Alexander Spetia; Catholic Church. Rota Romana. Romae : Typis Bernardini Olivieri typographi Archigymnasii Romani, 1822.
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Alison Yarrington, ‘Under Italian skies,’ the 6th Duke of Devonshire, Canova and the formation of the Sculpture Gallery at Chatsworth House
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Due to his firm stance against the Napoleonic government and his opposition to the participation of the Papal States in France's
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Rome and the Neapolitan Revolution of 1820-1821: A Study in Papal Neutrality", New York. Columbia University Press, 1937, p. 108
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Ercole Consalvi of Rome, as was required in order to inherit the large fortune the original Consalvi had left.
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Paris : Second Edition with considerable augmentation and notes by Jacques Crétineau-Joly, 1866
625:. He retired when Pius died in 1823. At the time of his own death the following year, he headed the 523: 135: 869:"Historical Memoirs of Cardinal Pacca, Prime Minister to Pius VII - Vol II (English translation)" 637: 431:
in exile. An able diplomat, he was nominated after the death of that pope to be secretary of the
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in 1810, they were stripped of their property and ecclesiastical status, becoming known as the
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almost entirely (although the Papacy had been forced to accept the French annexation of the
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cardinal came from purgatory with the keys. He concluded another Concordat with France in
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from November 1799 to March 1800 to choose his successor, and resulted in the election of
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Paderborn : Dr. u. V. der Junfermann'schen Buchh. (J. C. Page, Wittwe), 1870
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Memoiren des Cardinals Hercules Consalvi, Staatssecretair Sr. Heiligkeit Pius VII
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of the pope, Consalvi broke off all relations with the French. When France
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on account of his taste for travelling and cultivating interesting people.
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on 20 and 21 December 1801, respectively. He was never elevated to the
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and who played a crucial role in the post-Napoleonic reassertion of the
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At the completion of his seminary studies in 1776, Consalvi took
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After the fall of Napoleon, he was papal plenipotentiary at the
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When the French entered Rome in 1808 and formally abolished the
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and was able to convince the victorious powers to restore the
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Hales, E. E. Y. "Cardinal Consalvi: The Tragedy of Success."
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Members of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
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and in 1818 was instrumental in the re-establishment of the
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the Papal States in 1809 and took the pope into exile in
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Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
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Cardinal Consalvi and Anglo-Papal Relations, 1814-1824
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Consalvi died in 1824 and is buried in the Church of
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Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
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in 1784, serving in various administrative offices (
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Index

His Eminence
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Thomas Lawrence
Giulio Maria della Somaglia
Deacon of the Secretariat of State
Deacon
Pope Pius VII
Rome
Papal States
Anzio
San Marcello al Corso
Roman Catholic
deacon
cardinal
Catholic Church
Cardinal Secretary of State
Papal States
legitimist
divine right of kings
Rome
Pisa
Marquess
Marquess
Countess
Carandini
Modena
Andrea Negroni
Piarists
seminary

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