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Death of Cardinal ERCOLE CONSALVI (1757-1824)- bronze medal 1824

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Death of Cardinal ERCOLE CONSALVI (1757-1824)- bronze medal 1824

53.5mm

by G Cerrana

Ercole Consalvi (8 June 1757 – 24 January 1824) was a deacon and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served twice as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Papal States and who played a crucial role in the post-Napoleonic reassertion of the legitimist principle of the divine right of kings, of which he was a constant supporter