About Pietro Francesco Galleffi
Lived 1770 – 1837 (aged 66). Pietro Francesco Galleffi was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Pietro Francesco Galleffi (Galeffi) (1770–1837) was an Italian Cardinal.
During the Napoleonic period, he was expelled from Rome, in 1798. He was created Cardinal in 1803. He was removed to France, in 1809.
He became titular archbishop of Damasco in 1819, and was Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica from 1820. From 1824 to 1837 he was Camerlengo. He further signed and notarized the decree of coronation towards the Infant Jesus of Prague, paving the first image of Jesus Christ to be Pontifically crowned by a Pope.
In 1820 he became Bishop of Albano, and in 1830 Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina.
Galleffi is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis.
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Who was Pietro Francesco Galleffi?
Catholic cardinal (1770-1837)
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Pietro Francesco Galleffi was born on 27 October 1770 in Cesena.
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Pietro Francesco Galleffi died on 18 June 1837 in Rome.
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Pietro Francesco Galleffi was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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