| Type: | Cardinal |
| Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
| Francesco Canali | |
| Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed: | 1 August 1834 |
| Term End: | 11 April 1835 |
| Predecessor: | Benedetto Cappelletti |
| Successor: | Pietro Ostini |
| Ordination: | 20 December 1788 |
| Consecration: | 1814 |
| Cardinal: | 30 September 1831 23 June 1834 |
| Created Cardinal By: | Pope Gregory XVI |
| Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
| Birth Name: | Francesco Canali |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1764 |
| Birth Place: | Perugia, Papal States |
| Death Place: | Rome, Papal States |
| Buried: | San Clemente |
| Parents: | Giuseppe Canali Antonia Dati |
| Alma Mater: | University of Perugia |
| Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Francesco Canali.svg |
Francesco Canali (1764, Perugia - 1835, Ferrara) was an Italian cardinal. He was the Titular Archbishop of Larissa.[1]
Francesco Canali studied in his native city of Perugia and was ordained in December 1786 as a deacon. Two years later he received the priesthood. In 1793 he was professor of theology at the seminary of Perugia, which he was rector from 1797 to 1806. Moreover, Canali was from 1797 to 1800 prior of the theologian College his hometown, and thereafter the chamberlain. 1809, he was jailed by the French and taken to Parma, Piacenza, Corsica and Bastia. In August 1814 he returned to Perugia.[2]
Francesco Canali was appointed Bishop of Spoleto in 1814 and transferred the 23 July 1820 by Pope Pius VII in Tivoli church as administrator, then elected bishop of Tivoli on 28 August 1820. He resigned in 1827 and became titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessaly. In February 1827 he was appointed secretary of the Congregation of regular and canonical bishops of the Vatican Basilica.[3] [4] [5]
Pope Gregory XVI created him cardinal in pectore on 30 September 1831. Published 23 June 1834.