Giovanni Battista Caprara
Cardinal Archbishop of Milan
Died when: 77 years 53 days (925 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli (1733 – 1810) was an Italian statesman and Cardinal and archbishop of Milan from 1802 to 1810.As a papal diplomat he served in the embassies in Cologne, Lausanne, and Vienna.
As Legate of Pius VII in France, he implemented the Concordat of 1801, and negotiated with the Emperor Napoleon over the matter of appointments to the restored hierarchy in France.
He crowned Napoleon as King of Italy in Milan in 1805.
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