Ritratto del cardinale Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini

Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini (10 October 1650 – 20 March 1728) was an Italian Cardinal who served as

bishop of Imola The Roman Catholic Diocese of Imola ( la, Diocesis Imolensis) is a territory in Romagna, northern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bologna.

Early life

Gozzadini was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

and was of a patrician family. He was the son of Palatine Count Marcantonio Gozzadini and Ginevra Leoni. He was educated at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

, where he received a doctorate in canon law in 1670 and a doctorate in civil law in 1674. He was a

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in the court of the

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in 1658. He served as a canon theologian of the cathedral chapter of Bologna from 1673 to 1693, and a professor of law at the University of Bologna from 1674 to 1694. He went to Rome in 1693. He was made a

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of the chapter of the patriarchal Vatican basilica in 1691. He served as secretary of Briefs to the Princes from 1697.

Episcopate

He was appointed archbishop of ''Teodosia'' ''

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'' on 8 September 1700 and was consecrated on 12 September 1700 in Rome by

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, with

Prospero Bottini Prospero Bottini (1621 – 21 March 1712) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of ''Myra'' (1675–1712). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Prospero Bottini was born in Lucan, Italy in 1621. On 15 July 1675, he was appointed ...

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of ''Myra'', and

Leonardo Marsili . Leonardo Marsili (1641–1713) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Siena (1682–1713). Biography Leonardo Marsili was born in Siena, Italy on 15 May 1641 and ordained a priest on 17 May 1665. On 26 Jan 1682, he was appoi ...

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, serving as

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. He was confirmed as secretary of Briefs to the Princes by the new, pope,

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on 7 December 1700.

Cardinalate

He was created and proclaimed

of ''

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'' in the consistory of 15 April 1709. He was released from his see and transferred to the see of

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, with personal title of

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on 19 February 1710. He served as Legate a latere to represent the pope at the wedding, of King

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and Princess

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on 20 August 1714. He participated in the conclave of 1721, which elected

Pope Innocent XIII Pope Innocent XIII ( la, Innocentius XIII; it, Innocenzo XIII; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 May 1721 to his death in March 1724. He is ...

. He also participated in the conclave of 1724, which elected

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. He died in 1728 of an

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in Imola.

References

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