Emmanuele de Gregorio
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Emmanuele de Gregorio was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and son of Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache.
Emanuele De Gregorio
1829 conclave
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A papal conclave was held from 24 February to 31 March 1829 to elect a new pope to succeed Leo XII, who had died on 10 February. Of the 50 members of the College of Cardinals, all but eight attended.
Emmanuele de Gregorio
…In 1816, Pope Pius VII made De Gregorio a cardinal and in the following decade he rose to be one of the most powerful men in the Church. In both the 1829 and 1830 conclaves, he was considered one of the leading papabili but had too many opponents to be elected Pope. He died in Rome in 1839…
Ritratto di Papa Pio VIII, by Clemente Alberi