Giacomo Tebaldi (died 1465) (called the Cardinal of Montefeltro or the Cardinal of Sant'Anastasia) was an

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and

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Biography

Giacomo Tebaldi was born in

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, the son of

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Marco and Ventura Tebaldi. His brother Simone Tebaldi was the personal

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. After obtaining a

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in civil law, he took Holy Orders as a

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and was later appointed to the episcopate from this rank. On June 5, 1450, he was elected

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from September 1455 to November 1456, and then as governor of

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. He was appointed

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in August 1456, but he was never installed, and resigned as archbishop in November 1456. In the

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of December 17, 1456,

made Tebaldi a

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. After entering

on January 11, 1457, he received the

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on January 12, 1457. On January 14, 1457, he was awarded the

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. In 1458, he served as

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. He participated in the papal conclave of 1458 that elected

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. He later participated in the papal conclave of 1464 that elected

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. He died in Rome on September 4, 1466. He is buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva, with a tomb by

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and

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.Sciolla, p. 52 and ill. 4.

References

Books

* * (in Latin) *Sciolla, Gianni Carlo (1970).
Profilo di Andrea Bregno
. ''Arte Lombarda,'' 15, No. 1 (1970), pp. 52–58. Retrieved: 2016-10-25. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tebaldi, Giocomo 1465 deaths 15th-century Italian cardinals Year of birth unknown Clergy from Rome 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops