Giacomo Luigi Brignole

His Eminence Giacomo Luigi Brignole
Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
Portrait.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	7 April 1849
Term ended	23 June 1853
Predecessor	Angelo Mai
Successor	Girolamo D'Andrea
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia in commendum (1838–53) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1847–53)
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1830–34) Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina in commendum (1834–47) Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1851–52)
Orders
Consecration	28 March 1830 by Giacomo Filippo Fransoni
Created cardinal	20 January 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1834–47) Cardinal-Bishop (1847–53)
Personal details
Born	Giacomo Luigi Brignole 8 May 1797 Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Died	23 June 1853(1853-06-23) (aged 56) Rome, Papal States
Buried	Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
Alma mater	La Sapienza University

Giacomo Luigi Brignole (8 May 1797 – 23 June 1853) was a Catholic Cardinal and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

Early life

Brignole was born on 8 May 1797 in Genoa, then the capital of the Republic of Genoa.

He was educated at local institutions in Genoa where he studied humanities and then at the La Sapienza University in Rome where he received a doctorate in utroque iuris (both civil and canon law) in 1835. After being ordained as a priest he was appointed Vice-legate in Ferrara and later Vicar of the patriarchal Lateran Basilica in Rome.

He was elected titular archbishop of Nazianzo in and was consecrated in 1830, Rome, by Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Franzoni and was appointed Treasurer General of the Apostolic Chamber in 1833.

Cardinalate

Brignole was elevated to cardinal-priest in 1834 and was appointed President of the Commission of Subsidies in 1840.

He participated in the Papal Conclave of 1846 which elected Pope Pius IX.

He also held the positions of Prefect of the Sacred Consulta of the Index and President of the Consulta of State. In 1851 he was appointed Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, a position he held, as was convention at the time, for a year until 1852.

Death, burial and funeral

Brignole died on 23 June 1853 in Rome. His body was exposed in the basilica of San Lorenzo in Damaso. Pope Pius IX participated in his funeral and he was finally buried, according to his will, in the church of St Cecilia.