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Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (17 January 1707 – 20 April 1765) was an Italian

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of the family of the dukes of

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. He was the brother of cardinal Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra.

Biography

He was named

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in the consistory of 9 September 1743 by

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, who granted him dispention for having brother in the

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and for not having received the minor orders. He was ordained deacon only in 1745. He acted as prefect of the Apostolic Signature of Grace. He participated in the Papal conclave, 1758. During its celebration he received nomination to the post of Protector of the

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(on 9 June 1758). Ludwig von Pastor ''History of the Popes vol. XXXVI'', London 1941, p.151 He died in Rome at the age of 58.

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Consistory of September 9, 1743
18th-century Italian cardinals 1707 births 1765 deaths

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