Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal)

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1667

Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy

Date of Death: 29-Feb-1740

Profession: writer, Catholic priest, librettist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal)

  • Pietro Ottoboni (2 July 1667 – 29 February 1740) was an Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, who was also born Pietro Ottoboni.
  • He is remembered especially as a great patron of music and art.
  • Ottoboni was the last person to hold the curial office of Cardinal-nephew, which was abolished by Alexander's successor, Pope Innocent XII, in 1692.
  • Ottoboni '"loved pomp, prodigality and sensual pleasure, but was in the same time kind, ready to serve and charitable".

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