Giovanni Soglia Ceroni

Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (10 October 1779 – 12 August 1856) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

On 6 April 1835, he was named Titular Patriarch of Constantinople.

Pope Gregory XVI made him a cardinal in pectore on 12 February 1838 and then announced publicly that he was Cardinal Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati at a papal consistory held on 21 February 1839.

[1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX.

He served as Secretary of State of the Holy See from 4 June 1848 until his resignation on 29 November of that year.