Giacomo Giustiniani (1769–1843) was an Italian priest, papal diplomat and Cardinal. Considered '' papabile'' in the Papal Conclave (1830–31), his election was

vetoed A veto is a legal power to unilaterally stop an official action. In the most typical case, a president or monarch vetoes a bill to stop it from becoming law. In many countries, veto powers are established in the country's constitution. Veto pow ...

Ferdinand VII of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles IV of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Parma , birth_date = 14 October 1784 , birth_place = El Escorial, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Madrid, Spain , burial_p ...

. He was the younger brother of Vincenzo Giustiniani, 6th Prince Giustiniani, ''de jure'' 6th

Earl of Newburgh The title Earl of Newburgh (pronounced "''New''-bruh") was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1660 for James Livingston, 1st Viscount of Newburgh, along with the subsidiary titles Viscount of Kynnaird and Lord Levingston. The viscountcy o ...

. His ecclesiastical career and preparation for the priesthood was interrupted by the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

, and he was ordained in 1816. In 1817 he was

papal nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

and became titular archbishop of Tyre. He became

bishop of Imola The Roman Catholic Diocese of Imola ( la, Diocesis Imolensis) is a territory in Romagna, northern Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bologna.

in 1826. He was created Cardinal by

Pope Leo XII Pope Leo XII ( it, Leone XII; born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga (; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death ...

in 1826. He became bishop of Albano in 1839 and he became Camerlengo in 1837.

Notes

External links

''Catholic Hierarchy'' page

Biography
1769 births 1843 deaths 19th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Albano Bishops of Imola Diplomats of the Holy See 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Camerlengos of the Holy Roman Church {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub