Nicolò Maria Cardinal Lercari †

Deceased

Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Nov 1675		Born
7 Dec 1704	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Jun 1724	48.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
18 Jun 1724	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
14 Jun 1726	50.5	Appointed	Secretary of State
9 Dec 1726	51.0	Elevated to Cardinal
16 Dec 1726	51.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
21 Feb 1730	54.2	Resigned	Secretary of State
11 Mar 1743	67.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
21 Mar 1757	81.3	Died	Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

MicroData Summary
Nicolò Maria Lercari
Nicolò Maria Cardinal Lercari
(born 9 Nov 1675, died 21 Mar 1757)
Secretary Emeritus of State

Consistory - December 1726: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1730: Participated
Conclave - 1740: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Taggia, Diocese of Albenga, Italy
Ordained Bishop S. Pio Chapel, Vatican, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Campo Marte, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) S. Pietro in Vincoli, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 52.2 years
a bishop for 32.7 years
a cardinal for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Benedict XIII
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Camillo Cibo (Cybo) †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
Archbishop Prospero Marefoschi †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Paolo Tommaso Marana, O.S.B. † (1728)
Bishop Niccolò Maria Lomellini, C.R.S. † (1729)
Bishop Agostino Rivarola † (1730)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Zozuno Valignari † (1724)
Marco Antonio Cardinal Ansidei † (1724)
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Altieri (Jr.) † (1724)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Bishop Antonio da Frosinone Pacicco, O.F.M. Obs. † (1724)
Bishop Nicolò Tupputi † (1724)
Archbishop Jean-Claude Sommier † (1725)
Bishop Alberto Gualtieri, O.F.M. Disc. † (1725)
Bishop Vittorio Mazzocca, O.P. † (1725)
Bishop Nicola Stanislavich, O.F.M. Obs. † (1725)
Archbishop Francesco Federico Giordani † (1725)
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Gamberucci † (1725)
Archbishop Giusto Fontanini † (1725)
Archbishop Valerio Bellati † (1725)
Giulio Cardinal Alberoni † (1725)
Bishop Placido Pezzancheri, O. Cist. † (1726)
Archbishop Carlo Francesco Airoldi † (1726)
Archbishop Nicola Jorio (Iorio) † (1726)
Bishop Nicolas Gervaise † (1726)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Taggia, Diocese of Albenga, Italy
Ordained Bishop	S. Pio Chapel, Vatican, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Campo Marte, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	S. Pietro in Vincoli, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/120394
VIAF: 67230271
WikiData: Q3341199

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 9 Dec 1726
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1724, Number 15

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