Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese (20 May 1697 in

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– 21 June 1759 in Rome) was an Italian

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from the Borghese family. He was elevated to cardinal by

Pope Benedict XIII Pope Benedict XIII (; ; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco (or Pierfrancesco) Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May 1724 to his death in ...

in the

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of 6 July 1729. He died in

on 21 June 1759 and was buried in the Patriarchal Liberian Basilica.

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*''This page is a translation of its Italian counterpart.'' 1697 births 1759 deaths

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