Sebastiano Antonio Tanara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sebastiano Antonio Tanara

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1650

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 05-May-1724

Profession: diplomat, Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sebastiano Antonio Tanara (10 April 1650 – 5 May 1724) was an Italian cardinal. He studied law at the university of Bologna.
He was internuncio in Flanders (1675-1687) and as, such, he was sent with secret mission to king James II of England, who had converted to Catholicism.
In 1687 he was consecrated titular archbishop of Damasco and then served as papal nuncio in Cologne (1687–90), Portugal (1690–92) and Austria (1692–96).
Pope Innocent XII created him Cardinal Priest in December 1695 and assigned to him the title of SS.
IV Coronati on 21 May 1696.
He participated in the Papal conclave, 1700.
New Pope Clement XI named him Prefect of the S.C.
of the Ecclesiestical Immunities.
He was also legate in Urbino for twelve years (1703–15).
Bishop of the suburbicarian sees of Frascati (1 April 1715) and Ostia e Velletri (3 March 1721).
Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1721-24; as such, he presided over Papal conclave, 1721.
He died during sede vacante after the death of Pope Innocent XIII.



Alternative names	Benoit Farjat; Farjat Benoît; Farjat Benoit
Description	French engraver
Date of birth/death	1645 / 1646 / 1655	between November 1724 and 9 December 1724 date QS:P,+1724-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1724-11-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1326,+1724-12-09T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death	Lyon	Rome
Authority control	: Q2381761 VIAF: 303625478 ISNI: 0000 0004 3514 416X ULAN: 500075066 LCCN: nr97018554 GND: 130052019 WorldCat