cardinal Giovanni de Gregorio

(42) 8. DE GREGORIO, Giovanni (1729-1791)

Birth. January 20, 1729, Messina, Sicily. Of a noble family; dukes of Tremestieri in 1648. Third of the three children of Leopoldo De Gregorio, marquis of Squillace and prince of S. Elia, minister and secretary of State of the Two Sicilies, and his first wife, Giuseppa (Gioseffa) Mauro Grimaldi. The other siblings were Francesco and Giuseppe. Half-brother on his father's side of Cardinal Emmanuele de Gregorio (1816). His last name is also listed as Gregorij and Gregorj.

Education. ... "ricevette una educazione propria della sua distinta nascita..." (1).

Priesthood. Ordained during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XIV (no further information found). Named domestic prelate by that pope. In the pontificate of Pope Clement XIII, obtained the post of abbreviatore di parco maggiore in the Apostolic Chancery, after paying 8,000 scudi; later, became dean of the abbreviatori. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace, August 3, 1747. Governor of Rieti, December 4, 1748. Governor of Fano, July 3, 1751. Relator of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta, October 1754. Archimandrite commendatario of S. Salvatore di Messina from July 1757 until his death. Cleric of the Apostolic Chamber, July 1766. President of the Zecca, January 1767. President of the Grascia, May 1776. Auditor general of the Apostolic Chamber, June 1778.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 14, 1785; received the red hat on February 17, 1785; and the title of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio, April 11, 1785. Ascribed to the SS. CC. of the Sacred Consulta, Bishops and Regulars, Indulgences and Sacred Relics, and Consistorial. Protector of the Order of the Monks of S. Basilio. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinalsfrom March 30, 1789 until March 29, 1790.

Death. July 11, 1791, Rome. Exposed and buried in his title, SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio, where the funeral also took place (2).

Bibliography. Moroni, Gaetano. Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni. 103 vols. in 53. Venezia : Tipografia Emiliana, 1840-1861, XXXIII, 9-10; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi. Volumen VI (1730-1799). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 34-35 and 49; Weber, Christoph and Becker, Michael. Genealogien zur Papstgeschichte. 6 v. Stuttgart : Anton Hiersemann, 1999-2002. (Päpste und Papsttum, Bd. 29, 1-6), III, 350; Weber, Christoph. Legati e governatori dello Stato Pontificio : 1550-1809. Roma : Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali, Ufficio centrale per i beni archivistici, 1994. (Pubblicazioni degli archivi di Stato. Sussidi; 7) pp. 237, 346 and 619.

Webgraphy. His tomb in the church of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio, Rome, Requiem Datenbank.

(1) Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni, XXXIII, 10: "received an education appropriate to his distinguished birth". (2) This is the text of his epitaph, taken from Requiem Datenbank, linked above:

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