Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart, Duke of York, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri, Dean of the Col
Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart, Duke of York, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Archpriest of Saint Peter’s Basilica (1725–1807).Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart was the fourth and final Jacobite heir to claim the thrones of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland publicly.During his life, Cardinal Stuart was assigned the following Diaconia and Tituli:13 July 1747 Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico16 September 1748 Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Portico18 December 1752 Cardinal Priest of Santi XII Apostoli12 February 1759 Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere13 July 1761 Cardinal Bishop of Frascati14 January 1763 Comendatario of San Lorenzo in Damaso (proper of the cardinal vice-chancellor, held in addition to the suburbicarian sees)26 September 1803 Cardinal Bishop of Ostia e Velletri (proper of the dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals)In March 1774 he became Sub-dean, and on 15 September 1803 – Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals.He was a cardinal elector in the papal conclaves of 1758, 1769, 1774–75 and 1799–1800. -- source link
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