Guido_Calcagnini

Guido Calcagnini

Guido Calcagnini

Italian cardinal and titular archbishop


Guido Calcagnini (25 September 1725 in Ferrara 17 August 1807 in Osimo) was an Italian cardinal and titular archbishop in the Roman Catholic Church.

Guido Calcagnini

Life

He was born into a noble family, as the son of the count palatine Cesare Calcagnini, marquess of Fusignano and a relation of cardinal Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini. He studied at the Collegio dei Nobili di San Carlo at Modena and then at the Sapienza in Rome – at the latter, on 15 May 1747, he gained a doctorate in theology and in utroque iure.

He entered the papal court as private chamberlain to the pope in 1746.


References

    • Miranda, Salvador. "CALCAGNINI, Guido (1725–1807)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.



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