Cardinal Flavio Chigi

Flavio Chigi (8 September 1711 – 12 July 1771), Prince of Farnese, Duke of Ariccia and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. He was a member of the noble Chigi family, nephew of Fabio Chigi, Pope Alexander VII.

Born in Rome as a member of the Chigi family, he was created cardinal by Pope Benedict XIV in 1753.

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