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Bartolomeo Ruspoli

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Bartolomeo Ruspoli
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
File:Bartolomeo Ruspoli.jpg
Other posts Protonotary Apostolic
Governor of the 1721 Conclave
Secretary of the Memorial
Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Grand Prior of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Orders
Consecration by Pope Clement XII
Created cardinal 2 October 1730
Rank Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Personal details
Born 25 October 1697
Rome, Papal States
Died 21 May 1741 (aged 43)
Rome, Papal States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Parents Prince Francesco Ruspoli, Isabella Cesi dei Duchi di Acquasparta

Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli (25 October 1697 – 21 May 1741) was an Italian Cardinal.

Titles held

He was the son of Prince Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri and his wife Isabella Cesi dei Duchi di Acquasparta, a maternal niece of Pope Innocent XIII.

He was a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

A Protonotary Apostolic since 1718, he became governor of the 1721 papal conclave that elected Pope Innocent XIII. His diligence in this task was such that the newly elected Pope appointed him his Secretary of the Memorial that same year.

He was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in 1724.

Ordained Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Clement XII on 2 October 1730 (with the title of Santi Cosma e Damiano from 22 November 1730), he became Gran Priore of the Ordine di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme in 1731.

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