Lucien Louis Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte
Deceased Person
1828 – 1895
Who was Lucien Louis Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte?
Lucien Louis Joseph Napoleon Cardinal Bonaparte, 4th Prince of Canino and Musignano was a French cardinal.
He was born in Rome, the son of Charles Lucien Bonaparte and his wife Zénaïde Bonaparte.
His paternal grandparents were Lucien Bonaparte and his second wife Alexandrine de Bleschamp. His maternal grandparents were Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary. His godfather was the future Napoleon III, first cousin to both his parents.
Cardinal Bonaparte was ordained to the priesthood on 13 December 1856 by Pope Pius IX, giving up his Italian title. He served at numerous posts both in France and in Italy. He was created Cardinal of Santa Pudenziana in 1868. In 1879, he was given the additional title of Cardinal Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina. Cardinal Bonaparte participated in the First Vatican Council. He also was one of the voting cardinals that elected Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Cardinal Pecci, as Pope Leo XIII. He died in 1895 and was buried in Rome.
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- Born
- Nov 15, 1828
Rome - Parents
- Nationality
- France
- Lived in
- Rome
- Died
- Nov 19, 1895
Rome
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on July 23, 2013
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