Baldassare Cenci, seniore (1648–1709) was a

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cardinal.

Biography

Baldassare Cenci was born in 1648 in

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, the youngest and fifth child of Virginio Cenci and Maria Vittoria Verospi. His nephew is cardinal Baldassare Cenci (iuniore). On 30 September 1691 he was

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bishop by

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, with

Ercole Visconti Ercole Visconti (1646–1712) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of ''Tamiathis'' (1678–1712), Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1680–1687), and Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1678–1680). ''(in Latin)''

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of ''Tamiathis'', and

Michelangelo Mattei Michelangelo Mattei or Michael Angelus Matthaeius (8 May 1628 – 22 December 1699) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1693–1699) and Titular Archbishop of '' Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto'' (1689–1693). Bi ...

of ''Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto'', serving as

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. Cenci died on 26 May 1709 in

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Episcopal succession

References

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