Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini (26 July 1683 – 7 March 1774) was an Italian

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. Considered ''

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'' in the

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, he was vetoed by

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under the ''

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''. A lawyer by education, he became titular archbishop of Filippi in 1728, and was created Cardinal in 1743. He became

bishop of Albano The Diocese of Albano () is a Latin suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome in Italy, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. Albano Laziale is situated on the Appian Way some from Rome. Since 1966, it has both a titular bishop and a ...

in 1759 and

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in 1763.

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1763–74.

References

External links

''Catholic Hierarchy'' page

Biography
1683 births 1774 deaths 18th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Albano Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Deans of the College of Cardinals 18th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub