Antonio Despuig y Dameto

Antonio Despuig y Dameto (30 March 1745 – 2 May 1813) was a Spanish archbishop and cardinal. He was Archbishop of Seville from 1795 to 1799 and was a big supporter of the beatification of the Mallorquín nun Catalina Tomas which was finally achieved on 12 August 1792 when pope Pius VI beatified her.^[1] He then became Latin Patriarch of Antioch in 1799 and was made cardinal by pope Pius VII. He died in Lucca in 1813.

References edit

^ Yuste, Belén; Rivas-Caballero, Sonnia L. "Santa Catalina Tomás". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

Bibliography edit

"bishop/bdespuig". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.^{[self-published source]}
Gaetano Moroni – Dizionario di erudizione storico ecclesiastica. Vol. 19º anno 1843.
Savini Nicci “Il Patriziato Sabino, il Collegio e l'Istituto Sabino per gli studi” (Archivio Vaticano).
S.S Pio VII “Motu Proprio” del 6 dicembre 1800.
Cardinale Giovanni Andrea Archetti “Decreto Esecutoriale” del 20 dicembre 1800.

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Media related to Antoni Despuig Dameto at Wikimedia Commons
https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142808/http://mariottisolimani.altervista.org/

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Alonso Marcos de Llanes Argüelles	Archbishop of Seville 1795–1799	Succeeded by Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón
Preceded by unknown	Latin Patriarch of Antioch 1799–1813	Succeeded by vacant until 1822

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[RealAcademia-1] Yuste, Belén; Rivas-Caballero, Sonnia L. "Santa Catalina Tomás". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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