Bandino Panciatici (10 July 1629 – 21 April 1718) as a
Roman Catholic
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cardinal
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from 1690 to 1718.
Biography
Bandino Panciatici was born in
Florence
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on July 10, 1629. He came from a
Pistoia
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n
noble
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family, and was a relative of
Pope Clement IX
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. He was educated at the
University of Pisa
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, receiving a
doctorate
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in
law
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.
After university, he traveled to
Rome
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and practiced law with Giambattista De Luca. When his relative became Pope Clement IX in 1667, he entered the
papal household
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. He became ''secondo collaterale'' of the Roman Curia. A short time after that, he became lieutenant of the auditor of the
Apostolic Camera
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. When
Pope Clement X
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was elected in 1670, he resigned to respect the laws of justice (''non mancare ai doveri della giustizia''), returning to Florence. In 1678, he was recalled to Rome by
Pope Innocent XI
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to become secretary of the S.C. of the Apostolic Visit and of the State of Regulars. He then became S.C. of Bishops and Regulars in 1686. He later became
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of the Tribunals of the
Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace
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Apostolic Dataria
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consecrated
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as a
bishop
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in Rome by Cardinal
Gasparo Carpegna
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Early life
Gaspare was born in 1625 in Rome. His mother was from the Spada family. He was a relative of the Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna of the Holy Roman Cat ...
on December 21, 1689. On January 25, 1690, he was named
Assistant at the Pontifical Throne
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.
The pope made him a
cardinal priest
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at the
consistory
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of February 13, 1690. On April 10, 1690, he received the red hat and the
titular church
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of
San Tommaso in Parione
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. He participated in the
papal conclave of 1691
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that elected
Pope Innocent XII
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. He was confirmed as prodatary by the new pope on July 14, 1690. He opted for the titular church of
San Pancrazio
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on August 8, 1691. He became
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
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in 1699, holding that office until February 3, 1700. He participated in the papal conclave of 1700 that elected
Pope Clement XI
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. The new pope offered him the position of
Cardinal Secretary of State
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, but he declined because of his age. He did, however, agree to serve as
prefect
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of the S.C. of the Tridentine Council, assuming that office on December 4, 1700. He exchanged his titular church for
Santa Prassede
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on February 19, 1710.
He died at his residence, the Palazzo Bolognetti on April 21, 1718. He was initially buried in
San Pancrazio
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, but later re-interred in his family's traditional burial place, the
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
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in Florence.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the
principal consecrator
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of:
and the
principal co-consecrator
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of:
*
Pietro Priuli
Pietro Priuli (1669–1728) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
On 1 Jul 1708, he was consecrated bishop by Pope Clement XI, with Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, and Ferdinando d'Adda, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Ba ...