Subleyras cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga

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. He served as papal nuncio to Flanders, 1731–1736, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1738 by

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. On 15 May 1747 he was given the

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. He died in

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. He owned a large collection of paintings (including the ''

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''), which, after his death, was sold on 18 May 1763 at Amsterdam and the paintings by

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and

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dispersed in several locations.

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1690 births 1756 deaths Clergy from Mantua 18th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Cardinal Secretaries of State Members of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith Camerlengos of the Holy Roman Church Nobility of Mantua {{Italy-bio-stub