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GIACOMO See also:ANTONELLI (1806-1876)
, See also:Italian See also:cardinal, was See also:born at See also:Sonnino on the 2nd of See also:April 18o6
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He was educated for the priesthood, but, after taking See also:minor orders, gave up the See also:idea of becoming a See also:priest, and See also:chose an administrative career
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Created See also:secular See also:prelate, he was sent as apostolic delegate to See also:Viterbo, where he See also:early manifested his reactionary tendencies in an See also:attempt to See also:stamp out Liberalism
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Recalled to See also:Rome in 1841, he entered the See also:office of the papal secretary of See also:state, but four years later was appointed pontifical treasurer-See also:general
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Created cardinal (Iith See also:June 1847), he was chosen by See also:Pius IX. to preside over the See also:council of state entrusted with the drafting of the constitution
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After the See also:September See also:Convention (1864) Antonelli organized the See also:Legion of See also:Antibes to replace See also:French troops in Rome, and in 1867 secured French aid against See also:Garibaldi's invasion of papal territory
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Upon the reoccupation of Rome by the French after Mentana, Antonelli again ruled supreme, but upon the entry of the Italians in 187o was obliged to restrict his activity to the management of See also:foreign relations
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He wrote, with papal approval, the See also:letter requesting the Italians to occupy the Leonine See also:city, and obtained from the Italians See also:payment of the See also:Peter's pence (5,000,000 lire) remaining in the papal See also:exchequer, as well as 50,000 scudi—the first and only See also:instalment of the Italian See also:allowance (subsequently fixed by the See also:Law of Guarantees, March 21, 1871) ever accepted by the See also:Holy See
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At Antonelli's See also:death the Vatican finances were found to be in disorder, with a deficit of 45,000,000 lire
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His See also:personal See also:fortune, accumulated during office, was considerable, and was bequeathed almost entirely to members of his See also:family
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