Lazzaro Pallavicini or Pallavicino (1602/1603 – 21 April 1680) was a

cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

of the

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starting on 19 May 1670. He was one of 22 siblings born in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

, Italy. His ancestors and kin included cardinals and Genoese doges. Cardinal

Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicino Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini or Pallavicino (30 October 1719 – 23 February 1785) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church starting in 26 September 1766. He was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the nephew of Cardinal Lazzaro Pallavicino (1602-1680). H ...

(1719-1785) was his nephew. He participated in the

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s of 1669, 1670, and 1676.Catholic Hierarchy
website. He amassed much of the art collection now held by the Galleria Pallavicini at the

Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi The Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi is a palace in Rome, Italy. It was built by the Borghese family on the Quirinal Hill; its footprint occupies the site where the ruins of the baths of Constantine stood, whose remains still are part of the base ...

in Rome.

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1603 births 1680 deaths Clergy from Genoa 17th-century Italian cardinals {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub