Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti (

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, 19 July 1753 – Rome, 30 April 1817) was a cardinal of the

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His uncle, Pope Pius VI, made him a cardinal on 18 December 1786, making him the last

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to date (in the narrow sense of a Pope appointing his nephew; if "cardinal-nephew" can mean any close relative, then the last was Giuseppe Pecci, appointed by his younger brother

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.) A month later he became Cardinal-Deacon of

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. On 30 October 1800 he became

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, until 10 November 1801. From 1807 until his death, he was Archpriest of

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. Between 1784 and 1817, he was also Grand Prior of Rome of the

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. His elder brother was

Luigi Braschi Onesti Luigi Braschi Onesti (1745– 9 February 1816), duca di Nemi, was a nephew of Pope Pius VI, who granted him his dukedom. Life and family Luigi's mother Giulia Braschi was Pius's sister, and his father was count Girolamo Onesti. His younger brot ...

, who built the Palazzo Braschi in Rome. At his death, his body was buried in St. Peter's Basilica, while his praecordia were buried in the Chapel of the Madonna of Clemency in the Pantheon.

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Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti page at The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Braschi-Onesti, Romoaldo Cardinal-nephews 18th-century Italian cardinals Members of the Holy Office Camerlengos of the Holy Roman Church 1753 births 1817 deaths Cardinals created by Pope Pius VI 19th-century Italian cardinals

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