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Giovanni Carlo Boschi

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Giovanni Carlo Boschi
Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
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ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed1 September 1767
Term ended6 September 1788
PredecessorAntonio Andrea Galli
SuccessorFrancesco Saverio de Zelada
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1784-88)
Previous post(s)Master of the Apostolic Palaces (1759–66)
Titular Archbishop of Athenæ (1760–66)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (1766–84)
Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1773–74)
Orders
Ordination5 March 1746
Consecration5 October 1760
by Pope Clement XIII
Created cardinal21 July 1766
by Pope Clement XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Carlo Boschi

9 April 1715
Died6 September 1788(1788-09-06) (aged 73)
Rome, Papal States
Alma materCollegio Clementino
Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles
La Sapienza

Giovanni Carlo Boschi (Faenza, 9 April 1715 – 6 September 1788) was an Italian clergyman who was made a cardinal by Pope Clement XIII in the consistory of 21 July 1766.[1]

He then served as Major Penitentiary from 1767 to 1788, and participated in the papal conclaves of 1769. He also attend the 1774–75.[2] In the latter, the jus exclusivae was used on behalf of the Bourbons to veto his election to the papacy. His other offices included prefect of the Congregation for the correction of the books of the Oriental Church.

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