Cardinal Franchi biretta (1819-1878) - Lot 175

Lot n° 175
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800 - 1200 EUR
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Cardinal Franchi biretta (1819-1878) - Lot 175
Cardinal Franchi biretta (1819-1878) In red cloth. Lined with red silk. Bears a pen-and-ink collection label "1454" and a pen-and-ink attestation held in place by a silk ribbon and wax seal "Barette de Son Éminence le Cardinal Franchi Secrétaire d'état de Sa Sainteté Préfet de la congrégation Lauretane ayant signé le décret d'affiliation du Sanctuaire de Moreuil. Died 1878. 17.5 x 20 cm. A.B.E. (Traces of moth). Circa 1873-1878. Provenance : - Breton private collection. Biography : Alessandro Franchi (1819-1878) Titular archbishop of Thessalonica in 1853. Pope Pius IX created him cardinal-deacon at the consistory of December 22, 1873. He was Secretary of the Extraordinary Congregation for Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1860 to 1868. In that year, he was sent as apostolic nuncio to Spain and then as legate a latere to Constantinople (to resolve the schism in the Armenian Church). From 1874 to 1878, Franchi was prefect of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide. He took part in the conclave of 1878, when Leo XIII was elected Pope. He was Cardinal Secretary of State, Prefect of the Apostolic Palace and Administrator of the Patrimony of the Holy See from March 1878 until his death in July from malaria (or poisoning, according to a widespread rumor at the time). Expert: Arnaud DE GOUVION SAINT-CYR.
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