Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. (1607 – 8 May 1688) was a Roman Catholic cardinal who served as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1685–1688), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Recanati e Loreto (1676–1682), Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1671–1676),

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(1652–1668), Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli (1644–1652), and Bishop of Termoli (1643–1644).

Biography

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(named 1542) and is the nephew of Cardinal Pier Paolo Crescenzi (named 1611). He was ordained a priest in the Ordo Clericorum Regularium a Somascha. On 13 July 1643, he was elected during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Termoli. On 26 July 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore),

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. On 13 June 1644, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli. On 26 August 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. He was named nuncio in Savoy by Pope Innocent X where he served until 1658. On 14 May 1668, he resigned as Bishop of Bitonto. On 23 December 1670, he was named Prefect of the Cubiculi of His Holiness. On 19 January 1671, he was promoted by

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as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria. On 27 May 1675, he was installed as

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in the consistory of 1675. On 24 February 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Recanati e Loreto where he served until his resignation on 9 January 1682. As cardinal, he participated in the conclave of 1676 which elected Pope Innocent XI. On 9 April 1685, he was named camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals. He died on 8 May 1688 in Rome and is buried in the church of S. Maria in Vallicella in the same city.

Episcopal succession

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Crescenzi, Alessandro 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent X Bishops appointed by Pope Clement X 1607 births 1688 deaths Clergy from Rome Somascan bishops 17th-century Italian cardinals Bishops of Bitonto