Giambattista Costaguti (1636–1704) was a

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from 1690 to 1704.

Biography

Giambattista Costaguti was born in

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in 1636, the son of Prospero Costaguti,

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of Sipicciano (a member of the Genoese

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) and of his second wife Rocca Elvezia, Countess Vidman. He was the younger half-brother of

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, who became a cardinal in 1643. Costaguti entered the church as a young man, serving as a clerk in the

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, and rising to become its

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in 1669. In the

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of 13 February 1690,

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made him a

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. On 10 April 1690 he received the

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and the

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. He participated in the papal conclave of 1691 that elected

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. He opted for the titular church of

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on 12 November 1691. He later participated in the papal conclave of 1700 that elected

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. He died on 8 March 1704 and is buried in

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References

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