Carlo Gualterio (1613 – 1 January 1673) was an Italian

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Biography

Gualterio was born at

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. In his

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, Silvio Antoniani was cardinal and

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had been

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, Papal

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to France and the

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. He was related to Donna

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and

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Pamphilj, and also grand-uncle of Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio and great-grand-uncle of Cardinal Luigi Gualterio. He studied law and became a consistorial lawyer. Later he was made

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of the Tribunals of the

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and Rector of

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, Rome. Carlo Gualterio was created

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in the

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of 2 March 1654 by Pope Innocent X and opted for the deaconry of

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. From 1672 to 1673 he was

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. He was elected

Archbishop of Fermo The Archdiocese of Fermo ( la, Archidioecesis Firmana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in northern Italy, with its seat in the city of Fermo, Marche. It was established as the Diocese of Fermo in the 3rd century, and elevated to a ...

on 5 October 1654. He took part in the Papal conclave of 1655 and in that of 1667. He resigned the government of the archdiocese before 30 April 1668 in favour of his nephew Giannotto Gualterio. Promoted to the order of

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on 25 December 1668 with the title of

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, he participated in the Papal Conclave of 1669–1670. Carlo Gualterio died in 1673 of an

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in Rome. He was transferred to Orvieto and buried in the tomb of his family in the Orvieto Cathedral, local cathedral

References

External links

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Portrait at the Vatican Library
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