Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini (1639–1699) was a
Roman Catholic
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cardinal.
Biography
Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini was born on 16 Feb 1639 in
Rome
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.
On 30 Jun 1692, he was
consecrated
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bishop by
Fabrizio Spada
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Life
Born on March 17, 1643, in Rome, he was the son of Orazio Spada and ...
,
Cardinal-Priest
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of
San Crisogono
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T ...
, with
Michelangelo Mattei
Michelangelo Mattei or Michael Angelus Matthaeius (8 May 1628 – 22 December 1699) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Latin Patriarchate of Antioch, Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1693–1699) and Titular Archbishop of ''Hadrianopolis in ...
,
Titular Archbishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of ''Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto'', and
Baldassare Cenci (seniore),
Titular Archbishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of ''Larissa in Thessalia'', serving as
co-consecrators
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The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churche ...
.
Cavallerini died on 18 Feb 1699 in
Rome
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,
Italy
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.
References
1639 births
1699 deaths
17th-century Italian cardinals
Apostolic nuncios to France
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