Giaovanni Battista Leni
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Giambattista Leni (1573–1627) was a
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cardinal.on consistory of November 24, 1608 was created cardinal by Pope Paul V


Biography

On 20 Jul 1608, he was
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bishop by
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of Sant'Alessio, with
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Archbishop of Trani The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie ( la, Archidioecesis Tranensis-Barolensis-Vigiliensis (-Nazarensis)) is a Latin rite archbishopric in the administrative province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the southeastern Italian regi ...
, serving as
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. Much of the initial construction of the Barnabite's church in Rome,
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, was done at Leni's personal expense.Head, George. ''Rome: A Tour of Many Days'', Vol. 1, London, Longman, Brown et al, 1849, p. 437
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Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the
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of: and the
principal co-consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...
of: *
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Titular Archbishop of Nazareth The Archbishop of Nazareth is a former residential Metropolitan see, first in the Holy Land, then in Apulian exile in Barletta (southern Italy), which had a Latin and a Maronite successor as titular sees, the first merged into Barletta, the second s ...
(1608).


References

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