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Giambattista Spínola
Giambattista Spinola (20 September 1615 – 4 January 1704) was a cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church and an Archbishop of Genoa. (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS, Giambattista was born in Madrid, Spain, the fourth of the twelve children of Luca Spinola and Battina Lomellini. They were immigrants from Genoa in Italy, members of the influential Spinola family of that city, which had long been active in Genoese politics. He was the nephew of Cardinal Giandomenico Spinola. He was also the uncle of Giambattista Spínola Jr. During his career, he participated in three papal conclaves, the last being in 1700, when he was 85 years old. Spinola studied law as a young man, receiving the degree of ''Doctor of both laws, Doctor in utroque iure''. At an unknown date he entered Church service. In 1648 he was appointed as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Acerenza-Matera, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acerenza and Matera, while still a deacon. He became the A ...
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Giovanni Battista Spínola
Giovanni Battista Spinola (1681–1752) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal. He was born in Genoa at the Republic of Genoa, on 16 July 1681 and was the great-grandson of Cardinal Giambattista Spinola (1615–1704), and the nephew of Cardinal Giambattista Spínola (iuniore). Biography He was appointed secret valet of His Holiness in 1707 and governor of Benevento in 1712, then speaker of the Congregation of the Consulta and auditor of the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church in 1717. In 1719 he became governor of Rimini, then vice-legate in Ravenna and cleric of the Apostolic Chamber (1722), governor of Castelnuovo (1723) and finally Secretary of the Congregation of the Consulta (1724). Despite these prestigious roles, he did not receive sacred orders before 15 February 1728, conferred on him by Pope Benedict XIII, who appointed him the governor of Rome and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church on 30 May 1728. He was governor of Rome until he became a cardinal in the consistory of ...
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