Ottavio Paravicini (1552–1611) was a

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cardinal.

Early life

Born into the

Paravicini Paravicini () is an Italian surname from Lombardy. It is also the name of an old Italian nobility, Italian noble family, whose members occupied important ecclesiastical positions in the Latin Church, Catholic Church. Notable people with the name in ...

, noble family from

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, he was the son of Giovanni Michele Paravicini and Lomellina Laudata of Gaeta.

Biography

On 15 Jul 1584, he was

consecrated Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a ...

bishop by

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, with

Filippo Sega Filippo Sega (22 August 1537 – 29 May 1596) was a Catholic bishop from 1575 to 1596 and a cardinal from 1591 to 1596. He served as a papal diplomat in several important and sensitive posts, in Flanders, Spain, Vienna, Prague, and France. Biogr ...

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, and Francesco Bossi,

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Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

principal consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

of: and the

principal co-consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

of: *

Girolamo Bernerio Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. (1540 – 5 August 1611) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Bernerio was born in Corregio. He served as Bishop of Ascoli Piceno from 1586 until his resignation in 1605. He was ...

, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (1586); * Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta,

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(1587); and *

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(1607).

References

1552 births 1611 deaths Apostolic nuncios to Switzerland 17th-century Italian cardinals 16th-century Italian cardinals {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub