Della Somaglia, Giulio Maria - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. IV, p. 809

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

DELLA SOMAGLIA, GIULIO MARIA. — Cardinal, born in Piacenza on 29 July 1744, died in Rome on 30 March 1830. A member of the noble Capece Anguillara family of the Counts D.S., in 1774 he became secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics, and then, in 1784, secretary of the Congregation of Sacred Rites. Created cardinal on 1 June 1795, after the French occupation of Rome he was held prisoner and subsequently banished from the city. He took part in the Conclave of Venice in 1800, after which Pius VII sent him as legate to the government of Rome. Summoned to Paris by order of Napoleon, he refused to attend the emperor’s second marriage and went into exile, first at Mazières in 1810, and then at Charleville.

After the pontifical government was restored in Rome in 1814, he was appointed secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office and bishop of Frascati. In the Pope’s absence he governed the city and province from 22 March to 7 June 1815 in the capacity

Article illustration — (phot. National Photographic Cabinet) DELLA SCALA, FAMIGLIA — Equestrian statue of Cangrande — Verona.

as president of the State Junta. Already commendatory of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, on 29 May 1820 he became, as dean, bishop of Ostia and Velletri. Under Leo XII, he was Secretary of State from 1823 to 1828.

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