Ludovico Cardinal Merlini †

Deceased

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Nov 1690		Born
27 Oct 1740	49.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
8 Dec 1740	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Athenae
14 Feb 1741	50.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy
Dec 1753²	63.0	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy
24 Sep 1759	68.8	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Jul 1760	69.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
12 Apr 1762	71.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
12 Nov 1762	72.0	Died	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Ludovico Merlini
(VIAF: 305406748; WikiData: Q3266197)
Ludovico Cardinal Merlini (born 12 Nov 1690, died 12 Nov 1762) Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Consistory - 1759: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Forlì, Diocese of Forli, Italy
Ordained Bishop S. Sisto, Quirinale palace, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Chapel della Vergine de Sette Dolori, San Marco, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a bishop for 21.9 years
a cardinal for 3.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Benedict XIV
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph de Guyon de Crochans †
Bishop of Cavaillon
Bishop Paul Alpheran de Bussan, O.S.Io.Hieros. †
Bishop of Malta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Forlì, Diocese of Forli, Italy
Ordained Bishop	S. Sisto, Quirinale palace, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Chapel della Vergine de Sette Dolori, San Marco, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 24 Sep 1759
c2+: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 104
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1740, Number 16
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 250

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