Nicolò Acciaioli (cardinal)
Nicolò Acciaioli or Niccolò Acciaiuoli (Florence, 6 July 1630 – Rome, 25 February 1719), was an Italian Cardinal. He was Dean of the Sacred College between 1715 and 1719. Biography He belonged to the noble Florentine Acciaioli family, third of the ten children of Senator Ottaviano Acciaioli and Maria Acciaioli and was the uncle of Cardinal Filippo Acciaioli (1700 – 1766). He graduated in law in Rome. In 1657 he became Auditor camerae at the Apostolic Camera. In the consistory of 29 November 1669 he was appointed Cardinal by Pope Clement IX despite not having yet received his minor orders. Only in March of the following year, he received the title of Cardinal-deacon assigned to the deaconry of Santi Cosma e Damiano, Rome, Santi Cosma e Damiano. He was Papal legate to the city of Ferrara on several occasions for several years. In 1689 he became Protodeacon, Cardinal protodeacon and in October of the same year he opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Via Lata, but alrea ...
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