Ignazio Busca

Ignazio Busca (31 August 1731 in

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– 12 August 1803 in

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) was an Italian cardinal and Secretary of State of the

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. He was the last son of Lodovico Busca, marquess of

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and Bianca Arconati Visconti. he took a degree in '' utroque iure'' in 1759 at the '' Università La Sapienza'' of

. Relator of the Sacred Consulta and referendary of the tribunal of the Apostolic Signature, he was ordained priest on 20 August 1775. Elected

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of Emesa, he was consecrated on 17 September 1775 in

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, by

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. He was apostolic nuncio in

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and apostolic vicar for

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from 1776 to 1785 and later was governor of Rome from 1785 until 1789. Created cardinal in the consistory of 30 March 1789, he received the

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and the

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of '' Santa Maria della Pace'' on 3 August 1789. He was appointed Secretary of State by

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in 1796. He participated in the conclave of 1800. 1731 births 1803 deaths Clergy from Milan 18th-century Italian cardinals 18th-century Italian historians Italian poets Italian male poets Italian essayists Cardinal Secretaries of State Male essayists Cardinals created by Pope Pius VI 18th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops {{Italy-poet-stub