Giovanni Battista Zeno (or Zen) (died 7 May 1501) was a
cardinal of
the Catholic Church
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.
He was made a cardinal by his uncle,
Pope Paul II
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from 30 August 1464 to his death in July 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV ...
in November 1468. The Zeno Chapel in
St Mark's Basilica,
Venice
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, was built as his tomb.
While bishop, he was the
principal consecrator
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The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...
of
Giovanni Paternione,
Bishop of Malta (1479).
References
15th-century births
Year of birth unknown
1501 deaths
Cardinal-nephews
15th-century Italian cardinals
Cardinal-bishops of Frascati
University of Padua alumni
Burials at St Mark's Basilica
Giovanni Battista
15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
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