Francesco Mantica (1534–1614) was a

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cardinal.

Biography

He was born in

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, and studied canon law at the

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. He became auditor of the Rota and Capella di Mano of pope Clement VIII, who named Mantica as cardinal in 1596. He died in Rome and is buried in

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. He wrote ''De conjecturis ultimatum voluntatum'' (about last will and testaments), lib XI, published in 1754.Dizionario biografico universale
Volume 3, by Felice Scifoni, David Passigli, publisher, Florence (1844); page 895.

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