Giovanni Conti (1414–1493) (called Cardinal Conti) was an
Italian
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Roman Catholic
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bishop
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and
cardinal.
Biography
Giovanni Conti was born in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
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in 1414, a member of the
Conti family from
Valmontone
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Geography
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.
He served as an
Apostolic Subdeacon.
On 26 January 1455 he was elected
Archbishop of Conza; he held this position until 1 October 1484, when he resigned in favor of his nephew Niccolò.
On 15 November 1483, in a
consistory
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*A papal consistory, a formal meeting of the Sacred College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
* Consistor ...
celebrated in
St. Peter's Basilica
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,
Pope Sixtus IV made Conti a
cardinal priest
A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...
. He received the
titular church
In the Catholic Church, a titular church is a church in Rome that is assigned to a member of the clergy who is created a cardinal. These are Catholic churches in the city, within the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Rome, that serve as honorary des ...
of
Santi Nereo e Achilleo
Santi Nereo ed Achilleo is a fourth-century basilica church in Rome, Italy, located in via delle Terme di Caracalla in the rione Celio facing the main entrance to the Baths of Caracalla. It has been the titular church of Cardinal Celestino Aós ...
on the same day, and received the
red hat four days later.
He participated in the
papal conclave of 1484, where he was the preferred candidate of the
Orsini family, though he ultimately lost the election to Giovanni Battista Cibo, who took the name
Pope Innocent VIII.
On 9 March 1489 he opted for the titular church of
San Vitale.
He participated in the
papal conclave of 1492 that elected
Pope Alexander VI.
He died of
bubonic plague in Rome on 20 October 1493. He is buried in
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
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.
References
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1414 births
1493 deaths
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* ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...
15th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
Archbishops of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia
15th-century Italian cardinals