Alessandro Mattei (20 February 1744,

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– 20 April 1820) was an Italian

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, and a significant figure in papal diplomacy of the Napoleonic period. He was from the Roman aristocratic House of Mattei. He became Archbishop of Ferrara in 1777, and was named cardinal in 1779. He became

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in 1800,

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in 1809, and

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in 1814. From 1817 to his death he was archpriest of

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Episcopal succession

Cardinal Bernardino Giraud consecrated Mattei to the episcopacy on 23 February 1777. Having himself consecrated

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to the episcopacy, Cardinal Mattei is in the episcopal lineage of

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