Enrico Enríquez Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Enrico Enríquez
Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:22 July 1754
Term End:25 April 1756
Predecessor:Pompeo Aldrovandi
Successor:Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart
Consecration:29 December 1743
Consecrated By:Pope Benedict XIV
Cardinal:26 November 1753
Created Cardinal By:Pope Benedict XIV
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Enrico Enríquez
Birth Date:30 September 1701
Birth Place:Campi Salentina, Kingdom of Naples
Death Place:Ravenna, Papal States
Parents:Giovanni Enríquez
Cecilia Capece Minutolo
Previous Post:Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1743-53)
Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1744-53)
Alma Mater:Sapienza University of Rome
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Enrico Enriquez.svg

Enrique Enríquez (30 September 1701 – 25 April 1756) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.

Born in Campi Salentina, in the Kingdom of Naples, he studied canon and civil law at the La Sapienza University, Rome, was later made governor of several towns until 1743, when he received the minor orders.

On 16 December 1743 he was elected titular archbishop of Nazianzo and was sent as Apostolic nuncio to Spain on 8 January 1744. Pope Benedict XIV created him cardinal priest in the consistory of 26 November 1753, with the title of Sant'Eusebio. As legate to Ravenna, he reestablished the independence of the Republic of San Marino, which his predecessor Cardinal Giulio Alberoni had suppressed.

Enriquez died in 1756 at Ravenna.

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