Ercole Consalvi

His Eminence

Ercole Consalvi
His Eminence; Ercole Consalvi
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
	Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, 1819
Appointed	23 March 1822 (Pro-Prefect)
Term ended	24 January 1824
Predecessor	Giovanni Battista Quarantotti
Successor	Giulio Maria della Somaglia
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria ad Martyres
Previous post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti (1800–1817); Deacon of the Secretariat of State (1801–1814); Official of the Roman Curia (1803–1814); Secretary of the Secretariat of State (1814–1822);
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1801 (Deacon); by Pope Pius VII
Created cardinal	11 August 1800; by Pope Pius VII
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born	8 June 1757; Rome, Papal States
Died	24 January 1824 (aged 66); Anzio, Papal States
Buried	San Marcello al Corso
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Ercole Consalvi (8 June 1757 – 24 January 1824) was a deacon and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served twice as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Papal States and who played a crucial role in the post-Napoleonic reassertion of the legitimist principle of the divine right of kings, of which he was a constant supporter.