Bernardo Tanucci

Bernardo Tanucci
Born(1698-02-20)20 February 1698
Died29 April 1783(1783-04-29) (aged 85)
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian
EducationUniversity of Pisa
Occupations
  • Jurist
  • Statesman
Known forEstablishing the supremacy of a modernized State over the Catholic Church, abolishing the feudal privileges of Papacy and the nobility in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Parent(s)Giuliano Tanucci and Lucrezia Tanucci (née Tommasi)

Bernardo Tanucci (20 February 1698 – 29 April 1783) was an Italian jurist and statesman, who brought an enlightened absolutism style of government to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies for Charles III and his son Ferdinand IV.[1]

  1. ^ Copeland 2003, pp. 754–755