Giacomo Filippo Fransoni

Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni was an Italian bishop and cardinal. He was also appointed as Prefect of Propagation of the Faith and Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina.

Born 10 December 1775, Genoa, he was ordained as Priest on 14 March 1807, aged 31, by Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi.

On 7 September 1822 he was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus and ordained three months later. On 21 January 1823, aged 47, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal. On 2 October 1826, aged 50, he was elevated to the cardinalate and named as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli.

On 21 November 1834, he was appointed as Prefect of the Propagation of the Faith for the Curia. On 28 September 1855, aged almost 80 he was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina. He died on 20 April 1856, aged 80. He had been a priest for 49 years, a bishop for 33 years and a cardinal for almost 30 years.

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