Pietro Martire Giustiniani, O.P. (1645–1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tinos (1700–1715) and

Archbishop of Naxos The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros, and Mykonos ( la, Archidioecesis Naxiensis, Andrensis, Tinensis, et Myconensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in insular Greece. Its cathedral archie ...

(1691–1700). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Pietro Martire Giustiniani was born in

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in 1645 and ordained a priest in the

Order of Preachers The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

. On 10 December 1691, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tinos. On 13 January 1692, he was consecrated bishop by

Galeazzo Marescotti Galeazzo Marescotti (1 October 1627 – 3 July 1726) was an Italian cardinal. Biography He was born in Vignanello, Italy. His father was named Sforza Marescotti and his mother was Vittoria Ruspoli, both born to prominent aristocratic famil ...

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, with Giuseppe Bologna,

Archbishop of Capua The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capua ( la, Archidioecesis Capuana) is an archdiocese (originally a suffragan bishopric) of the Roman Catholic Church in Capua, in Campania, Italy, but its archbishop no longer holds metropolitan rank and has no e ...

, and Stefano Giuseppe Menatti,

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of ''Cyrene'', serving as co-consecrators. On 10 May 1700, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Tinos. He served as Bishop of Tinos until his death in January 1715.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Republic of Venice 18th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Republic of Venice Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XII Clergy from Chios 1645 births 1715 deaths Dominican bishops Roman Catholic archbishops of Naxos {{Greece-RC-archbishop-stub