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Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara

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Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara

Birth
Bologna, Città Metropolitana di Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Death
27 Jul 1810 (aged 77)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Plot
Cell 3
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Italian Cardinal. He is the first foreigner to be buried in the Paris Pantheon. His portrait figures among others in the David painting of Napoleon's coronation.
Italian Cardinal. He is the first foreigner to be buried in the Paris Pantheon. His portrait figures among others in the David painting of Napoleon's coronation.

Gravesite Details

Body no longer in the Pantheon in Paris, as it was reclaimed by his family and translated in Rome. The heart is placed inside a burial inside the cathedral of Milan.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Dec 7, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7517/giovanni_battista-caprara: accessed ), memorial page for Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara (29 May 1733–27 Jul 1810), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7517, citing Panthéon, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.