Antonio Codronchi (5 August 1746,

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- 22 January 1826,

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) was an Italian priest and archbishop.

Life

He served as

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to Turin from 1778 until he was made archbishop of Ravenna on 8 May 1785. He pushed for the Peace of Tolentino in 1797 and played a role in the Consulte de Lyon in 1802. When

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made himself

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, he made Codronchi grand-almoner, senator and grand-dignitary of the

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. After Napoleon's fall, he backed the Bourbons.

Bibliography

*Giuseppe Pignatelli, ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italian'', vol. 26, 1982, p. CODRONCHI, Antonio Archbishops of Ravenna 1746 births 1826 deaths Participants in the Council of Paris (1811) {{Italy-RC-archbishop-stub