Carlo Pio di Savoia

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Most Reverend

Carlo Pio di Savoia
ChurchCatholic Church
Orders
Consecration5 Sep 1655
by Giambattista Spada
Personal details
Born7 April 1622
Died13 February 1689 (age 66)
Coat of armsCarlo Pio di Savoia's coat of arms

Carlo Pio di Savoia (7 April 1622 – 13 February 1689) was an

Cardinal of the Pio di Savoia family. He was the nephew of Cardinal Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia
.

Early life

Pio was born 7 April 1622, the son of Ascanio Pio di Savoia and Eleonora Mattei.

At age 17, Pio went to

Apostolic Chamber in 1650. Two years later he bought a position (as was the custom) as personal treasurer to Pope Innocent X.[1]

On 5 Sep 1655, he was

Ecclesiastic career

On 2 March 1654 he was elevated to cardinal by Pope Innocent and was appointed

Cardinal-deacon of the church of Santa Maria in Domnica. Over the subsequent two decades he was appointed to various churches as Cardinal-deacon and Cardinal-priest including:[2]

  • Cardinal-deacon of Sant'Eustachio (11 February 1664)
  • Cardinal-priest of
    Santa Prisca
    (14 November 1667)
  • Cardinal-priest of
    San Crisogono
    (28 January 1675)
  • Cardinal-priest of
    S. Maria in Trastevere
    (1 December 1681)
  • Cardinal-bishop of Sabina (15 February 1683)

Between 1673 and his death in 1689, he served as Cardinal-protector of Austria.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica

1654–1664
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bishop of Ferrara

1655–1663
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio

1664–1667
Succeeded by
Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt
Preceded by
Santa Prisca

1667–1675
Succeeded by
Preceded by
San Crisogono

1675–1681
Succeeded by
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni
Preceded by
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere

1681–1683
Succeeded by
Decio Azzolini (iuniore)
Preceded by
Pietro Vito Ottoboni
Sabina

1683–1689
Succeeded by
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni