Giambattista Spinola Jr. (August 4, 1646, Genoa – March 19, 1719, Rome) was the nephew of Giambattista Spinola (seniore) and like his uncle a

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of the

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. California State University at Northridge website, ''Sede Vacante 1700''
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in such places as

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. He attended the

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of 1700. He is buried in the tomb of Cardinal Giulio Spinola, at the church of St Andrea al Quirinale in Rome. Florida International University website, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, ''Biographical Dictionary of Pope Innocent XII (1691-1700), Consistory of December 12, 1695 (I)''
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