François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (born 1715)

François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis

Catholic cardinal (1715–1794)

François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, comte de Lyonnais was a French cardinal and diplomat. He was the sixth member elected to occupy Seat 3 of the Académie française in 1744. Bernis was a prominent figure in the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, Histoire de ma vie, starting…