Gennaro Antonio Cardinal de Simone †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1714		Born
15 Mar 1773	58.4	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Apr 1773	58.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
13 Mar 1775	60.4	Appointed	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
30 Apr 1775	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
18 Aug 1779	64.9	Resigned	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
16 Dec 1780	66.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro, Italy

MicroData Summary
Gennaro Antonio de Simone
Gennaro Antonio Cardinal de Simone
(born 17 Sep 1714, died 16 Dec 1780)
Bishop Emeritus of Pesaro

Consistory - March 1773: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1774/1775: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Ginestra

a bishop for 5.6 years
a cardinal for 7.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Orazio Mattei †
Titular Archbishop of Colossae
Archbishop Stefano Evodio Assemani †
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/87832
VIAF: 88800626
WikiData: Q3012268

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 15 Mar 1773
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1775, Number 10

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