Carlo Agostino Fabroni (28 August 1651 - 19 September 1727) was an Italian

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cardinal.Florida International University, Biographical Diction section ''Pope Clement XI (1700-1721), Consistory of May 17, 1706 (II)''
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Biography

Born in

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to a comfortable family, his studies led him to join the

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. In 1706, he was made cardinal by Pope

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. He became a close advisor and secretary of the Office of Propaganda Fide for Pope

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. From the latter position, along with the scholar

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, he coauthored a censure of

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and the writings of

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. The censure was released in 1713 by Clement XI under the title of ''Bolla Unigenitus Dei Filius''. He was the head of the conservative

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faction. Before his death, he built the Biblioteca Fabroniana in Pistoia to house his donation of 8000 volumes. Google Books website, ''Florence After the Medici: Tuscan Enlightenment, 1737-1790'', edited by Corey Tazzara, Paula Findlen, Jacob Soll
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References

1651 births 1727 deaths People from Pistoia 18th-century Italian cardinals {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub