Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Feb 1681		Born	Rome
1 Jan 1724	42.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Mar 1727	46.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
23 Mar 1727	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
24 Sep 1731	50.6	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 1731	50.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio
20 Mar 1737	56.1	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
10 Apr 1747	66.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
13 Mar 1753	72.1	Died	Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

Consistory - 1731: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1740: Participated

a priest for 29.2 years
a bishop for 26.0 years
a cardinal for 21.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili † (1727)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Carlo Francesco Cardinal Durini †
Marcello Cardinal Crescenzi †
Archbishop Francesco Antonio Cavalcanti, O. Theat. †
Bishop Giuseppe Giusti †
Bishop Ettore Molza †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †

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