| LC control no. | nr 90019795 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Antonelli, Leonardo, 1730-1811 |
| Variant(s) | Antonellus, Leonardus, 1730-1811 الكردينال لاوناردو انطونللى, 1730-1811 al-Kardīnāl Lāwunārdū Anṭūnillī, 1730-1811 |
| Biography/History note | Leonardo Antonelli (1730-1811) published writings on piety and pastoral instructions, and was a prominent member of the Catholic hierarchy in Italy. He served as Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri), among other offices. He specialized in civil and canon law, and worked as a diplomat and advocate of the papacy, negotiating issues of Catholic presence and hierarchy in Russia, Ireland, and France. He participated in the conclave of Venice that elected Pope Pius VII, and attended the coronation of Napoleon. However, in 1808 he was arrested and exiled from Rome by the French. |
| Associated country | Italy |
| Birth date | 1730-11-06 |
| Death date | 1811-01-23 |
| Place of birth | Senigallia (Italy) |
| Place of death | Senigallia (Italy) |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church |
| Profession or occupation | Cardinals |
| Special note | Data contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. Data provided by the ESTC/BL |
| Found in | His Copy of the letter written by express order of his Holiness, 1791: signature (L. Cardinalis Antonellus praefectus) Delaney, J. Dictionary of Catholic biog., 1962 (Antonelli, Leonardo, 1730-1811) NUC pre-56 (Antonellus, Leonardus, Cardinal, 1730-1811) GAMS 01095 (online via vHMML), viewed on August 6, 2020 (مختصر= Mukhtaṣar (تنبيهات = Tanbīhāt), authored by الكردينال لاوناردو انطونللى = al-Kardīnāl Lāwunārdū Anṭūnillī; manuscript text in Arabic; printing of original text in Italian in Rome dated 1809 CE, page [1]; translation dated 1826 CE, page [1]) <https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/501648> Catholic Hierarchy (online), viewed on August 6, 2020 (Leonardo Cardinal Antonelli; born November 6, 1730; appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina on May 24, 1775; appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, February 21, 1794; appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, February 27, 1795; appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, April 2, 1800; appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Universal Inquisition, November 8, 1800; appointed Prefect of the Congregation of the Index, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, and Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary in December 1801; appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri), August 3, 1807; died January 23, 1811) <http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bantl.html> ANTONELLI, Leonardo (online via Treccani), viewed on August 6, 2020 (studied in Rome, specialized in civil and canon law; worked as a diplomat and advocate of the papacy, negotiating issues of Catholic presence and hierarchy in Russia, Ireland, and France; participated in the conclave of Venice that elected Pope Pius VII; attended the coronation of Napoleon, but because they saw him as the opposition, he was arrested and exiled from Rome by the French in 1808) <http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/leonardo-antonelli_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/> |
| Associated language | ita |
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