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==Return to the Holy See and role in the Kingdom of Naples==
After the conquest of Naples, Ruffo decided to sent some military companies within the [[Roman Republic (18th century)|Roman Republic]], leaded by the general Gian Battista Rodio. This
In September 1805, he escaped in [[Amelia, Umbria]], and then he was hoised for a second time by [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] and his court in [[Palermo]], who appointed him as ambassador at the Parisian court.
On April 2, 1810, Ruffo was present at his marriage with the duchess [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Marie Louise of Austria]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/general/20160307-napoleon-iii-collection-goes-under-hammer|title=Napoleon III collection goes under the hammer|date=March 7, 2016|access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.napoleon.org/wp-content/archives/newsletters/1387.html|title=The Bulletin - Exhibition > Pope Pius VII and Napoleon (Chateau de Fontainebleau)}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=July 2021|reason=additional sources are needed}}. After this gesture, he become of the socalled "red cardinals", a restricted circle of high prelates who weren't punished by the French emperor and got the right to continue to publicly profess their religious functions. The emperor instituted a commission with the duty to formulate a [[Papal brief|brief]] indicating the conclusive decrees of the Council of Paris which was held in 1811. It was formed by Ruffo, [[Giuseppe Doria Pamphili]] and Aurelio Roverella. The main objective was to persuade [[Pope Pius VII#Negotiations and exile|Pope Pius VII]], who was jailed in [[Savona]], to counterfirm the act. It was a favour for the French emperor, who decorated him with the Cross of the [[Legion of Honour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=2UIWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58|title=A New Guide to the Museum, Palace and Gardens of Versailles.|page=58|publisher=Klefer printer|year= 1847|OCLC=83894485}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Bartolomeo|last1=Pacca|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=EsY7AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143|title=Historical Memoirs of Cardinal Pacca, Prime Minister to Pius VII|volume=2|publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans|OCLC= 1007805313|year=1850|pages=142–143}} Quote: "The following morning the Emperor presented to the Cardinal Doria and Ruffo and to Monsignor Bertazzoli each a gold snuffbox, with his picture on the lid set round with large brilliants, appointing at the same time the two first-mentioned personages offices of the Legion oh Honour, and the other a kinight of the Iron Crown".</ref>
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