Giovanni Battista Bussi (

Viterbo Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history. ...

, 23 January 1755 –

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

, 31 January 1844) was an Italian cleric. He was raised to cardinal by

pope Leo XII Pope Leo XII ( it, Leone XII; born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga (; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death ...

in the consistory of 3 May 1824.

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*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbussi.html 1755 births 1844 deaths 19th-century Italian cardinals People from Viterbo {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub