Agostino Rivarola

Agostino Rivarola or Rivaròla (14 March 1758 – 7 November 1842) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.

He rose to become governor of San Severino Marche in 1793-1797, then apostolic protonotary in 1800.

[1] However prior to returning to Rome, on 23 July 1826, while his carriage was on the streets of Ravenna, a pair of Carbonari attempted to assassinate him by firing into his cab.

A fellow passenger of his entourage, Canon Muti, died from the gunshot.

A later investigation under Pope Leo XII was concluded on 26 April 1828 with five death sentences, which putatively were carried out in Ravenna on 13 May 1828.