Domenico Silvio Passionei

[1] At the age of thirteen, he went to Rome in 1695, where he studied philosophy at the Collegio Clementino, an elite school for young noblemen.

[2] Under the new Pope Innocent XIII, he was named Nuncio in Lucerne, Switzerland, and also made titulary archbishop of Ephesus.

As Cardinal priest of San Bernardo alle Terme, Passionei had an apartment built on the second floor of the monastery.

Intended for use during annual spiritual devotions, it was also used to entertain friends and house a collection of books and impressive portrait prints.

Other than that, he was a proponent of a liberal Catholicism and considered a protector of Jansenists, and defended authors like Montesquieu and Helvétius in Index trials.