Carlo Rezzonico (cardinal)

His Eminence; Carlo Rezzonico
	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1758
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	21 Mar 1773; by Gian Francesco Albani
Personal details
Born	25 April 1724; Venice, Republic of Venice
Died	26 January 1799 (aged 74); Rome, Roman Republic

Carlo Rezzonico (25 April 1724 – 26 January 1799) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is sometimes referred to as The Younger to distinguish him from his uncle Pope Clement XIII who also bore the name Carlo Rezzonico.

Biography

Rezzonico was born on 25 April 1724 in Venice, Republic of Venice,^[1] son of Aurelio Rezzonico, 3rd Baron of the Holy Roman Empire (Venice, 12 January 1692 - 1759), and wife (1721) Anna Giustiniani (1702? -?). His four siblings included Quintilia Rezzonico, wife in 1741 of Ludovico Widmann (1719 - 1763), with issue (including Carlo Aurelio Widmann), Cardinal Giovanni Battista Rezzonico and Abbondio Rezzonico.

On 21 March 1773, he was consecrated bishop by Gian Francesco Albani, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, with Giuseppe Maria Contesini, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Orazio Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Colossae, serving as co-consecrators.^[1]^[2] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church (1758–1763), Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1763–1799) and Secretary of the Roman Inquisition (1777–1799). He was also bishop of Sabina (1773–1776) and Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1776–1799). As Cardinal Camerlengo, he participated in the papal conclave, 1769 and papal conclave, 1774-1775.

He belonged to the Zelanti faction and defended the Society of Jesus against the accusations that finally led to the suppression of this order.

He died on January 26, 1799, at the age of 74.

References

Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Miranda, Salvador. "REZZONICO, iuniore, Carlo (1724-1799)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
Back to citation Cheney, David M. "Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved December 29, 2019. ^{[self-published]}

[source-MirandaCarRez-1-1-1] Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Miranda, Salvador. "REZZONICO, iuniore, Carlo (1724-1799)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. Retrieved December 29, 2019.

[2] Back to citation Cheney, David M. "Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved December 29, 2019. ^{[self-published]}

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