Antonio Giustiniani" (17 June 1663 – March 1730) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Naxos The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos ( la, Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in insular Greece.Wikipedia:Verifiability#S ...

(1701–1730), Bishop of Syros and Milos (1694–1701), and Vicar Apostolic of Izmir (1690–1694). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Antonio Giustiniani was born in

Naxos Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best abr ...

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on 17 June 1663. On 13 January 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Alexander VIII Pope Alexander VIII ( it, Alessandro VIII; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 1689 to his death in February 1691. He is to date the las ...

as Vicar Apostolic of Izmir. On 8 February 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Innocent XII Pope Innocent XII ( la, Innocentius XII; it, Innocenzo XII; 13 March 1615 – 27 September 1700), born Antonio Pignatelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1691 to his death in September 1700. He ...

as Bishop of Syros and Milos. On 2 May 1694, he was

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bishop by

Odoardo Cibo Odoardo Cibo or Odoardo Cybo (6 December 1619 – 6 April 1705) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1689–1705), Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1670–1679), and Titular Archbishop of ''Silifke, Sel ...

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. On 24 January 1701, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Clement XI Pope Clement XI ( la, Clemens XI; it, Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI w ...

Archbishop of Naxos The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos ( la, Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in insular Greece. Its cathedral archie ...

. He served as Archbishop of Naxos until his death in March 1730.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Venice 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Republic of Venice Bishops appointed by Pope Alexander VIII Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XII Bishops appointed by Pope Clement XI 1663 births 1730 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Naxos {{Greece-bio-stub