<!--{{Cardinal of Catholic Church |name= Mario Marefoschi Compagnoni |title= Cardinal |roll= |image= |explanation= |width=240px |born= 8 February 1731 |ordained= |consecrated= |created= 10 September 1770 |died= 23 December 1780 |coat of arms= |motto= }}--> [[File:Mario Compagnoni Marefoschi.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Marefoschi]] '''Mario Compagnoni Marefoschi''' (10 September 1714 – 23 December 1780) was a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1770.htm#Marefoschi Florida International University, Biographical Dictionary section ''Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774), Consistory of December 29, 1770 (II)'']</ref>
He was born in the [[Palazzo Compagnoni Marefoschi, Macerata|Palazzo Compagnoni Marefoschi]] in [[Macerata]], Italy. [[Pope Clement XIV]] made him a cardinal ''[[in pectore]]'' on 29 January 1770 and announced he had done so on 10 September 1770. He was assigned the titular church of [[Sant'Agostino, Rome|Sant'Agostino]] on 12 December 1770.
He was appointed Prefect of the [[Sacred Congregation of Rites]] and Archpriest of the [[Archbasilica of St. John Lateran|Basilica of St. John Lateran]] in 1771 and held both posts until his death.
He participated in the [[Papal conclave, 1774–75|papal conclave of 1774-1775]] that elected [[Pope Pius VI]].<ref>[https://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcfll004/SV1774.html California State University at Northridge website, ''Sede Vacante 1774-1775'']</ref><ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmareco.html Catholic Hierarchy]{{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref>
Cardinal [[Prospero Marefoschi]] was his uncle.<ref>[https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/archiveComponent/1020291470 Research Works website, ''Marefoschi collection on ceremonies at the Basilica of St. John Lateran: Marefoschi, Mario Compagnoni, 1714-1780'']</ref>
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==External links== * {{cite book | url= http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mario-compagnoni-marefoschi_(Dizionario-Biografico) | chapter= COMPAGNONI MAREFOSCHI, Mario | title= Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani | volume= 27 |date= 1982 | language=it}}
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