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Giuseppe Renato Imperiali (May 1, 1651 – February 18, 1737) was an Italian cardinal, and known as an avid bibliophile. ==Biography== He was born in Francavilla Fontana in Apulia, in the Kingdom of Naples, into an aristocratic family which had come from Genoa. In 1662, he was sent to Rome with three brothers to live with his great uncle, Cardinal Lorenzo Imperiali (1612 - 1673). Lorenzo was a son of the Genoese nobleman Michele Imperiali.〔(Figure e fatti intorno alla biblioteca del cardinale Imperiali, mecenate del '700 ), Flavia Cancedda, 1995, page 33.〕 In Rome, Giuseppe studied at the Collegio Germanico-Ungarico, and in 1672 he was made referendary of the Segnatura. In 1688, he entered a religious order. In 1684 he gained the lucrative post of ''chierico della Camera apostolica''; in 1688, he rose to became Treasurer General of the Vatican. In 1690, he was made a Cardinal by Pope Alexander III. He was soon sent to Ferrara as papal legate and remained there for seven years.〔(Giuseppe Renato Enciclopedia Treccani ), Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 62 (2004), entry on Imperiali, by Stefano Tabacchi.〕 Back in Rome, during the Conclave of 1700 Imperiali was part of a group of cardinals attempting to avoid siding with the competing foreign governments aiming to influence Papal elections, and they obtained the election of cardinal Giovanni Francesco Albani as Pope Clement XI.〔Treccani Encyclopedia entry.〕 Clement in turn, rewarded Imperiali in 1701 by appointing him to the powerful position of Prefect of the ''Congregation of Buon Governo''. In this position, he controlled funding for public works projects in the Papal States.〔(Carlo Buratti: architettura tardo barocca tra Roma e Napoli ), by Maria Gabriella Pezone, page 23.〕 Among these he commissioned the Acqueduct of Benevento and the new front of the Cathedral of Poggio Mirteto from Carlo Buratti.〔Maria Gabriella Pezone page 23〕 Among his other endeavours was his attempt in 1720 to influence the Republic of Genoa to arrest Cardinal Giulio Alberoni.〔Treccani entry.〕 Upon the death of Benedict XIII in 1730, the opposition of the representatives in the College of Cardinals of the French and Spanish interest during the Conclave of 1730 ensured that Imperiali failed to be elected as pope, and instead Lorenzo Corsini was chosen and took the name Pope Clement XII. Imperiali continued to serve the Vatican in prominent roles until he died in Rome in 1737, at the age of 85.〔(A Catalogue of Manuscripts, in Different Languages ... now selling (For Ready Money) ), by John Cochran, London, (1829), pp. 49-50.〕〔Treccani Encyclopedia entry.〕 His nephew, Cosimo Imperiali (1685-1764), also became a cardinal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giuseppe Renato Imperiali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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