Prospero Colonna di Sciarra

Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (17 January 1707 – 20 April 1765) was an Italian cardinal of the family of the dukes of Carbognano.

He was the brother of cardinal Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra.

He was named Cardinal-Deacon in the consistory of 9 September 1743 by Pope Benedict XIV, who granted him dispention for having brother in the College of Cardinals and for not having received the minor orders.

During its celebration he received nomination to the post of Protector of the Kingdom of France (on 9 June 1758).

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Cardinal Prospero Colonna di Sciarra ( Pompeo Girolamo Batoni , ca. 1750, Walters Art Museum , Mount Vernon, Baltimore , Maryland )