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Giuseppe Accoramboni

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Giuseppe Accoramboni
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
ChurchRoman Catholic
Appointed11 March 1743
Term ended21 March 1747
PredecessorPietro Marcellino Corradini
SuccessorVincenzo Bichi
Previous post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (1740–43)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina (1728–40)
Archbishop of Imola
(1728–39)
Titular Archbishop of Philippi (1724–28)
Orders
Ordination14 February 1723
Consecration21 September 1724
by Pope Benedict XIII
Created cardinal20 September 1728
by Pope Benedict XIII
RankCardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born24 September 1672
Died21 March 1747 (aged 74)
BuriedSant'Ignazio, Rome
Alma materUniversity of Perugia
Styles of
Giuseppe Accoramboni
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeImola

Giuseppe Accoramboni JUD (24 September 1672 – 21 March 1747) was an Italian Cardinal who served as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, and had previously been Archbishop of Imola.

Early life

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Accoramboni was born in Castel de Preci, diocese of Spoleto and was baptised on the same day. He completed his education at the University of Perugia, obtaining a doctorate in both canon and civil law (utroque iure) in 1694.[1] He worked as an auditor of Michelangelo Cardinal Conti future Pope Innocent XIII. He also served as a Sub-datary of His Holiness from 1721. He was a canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica and worked at the Sacred Roman Rota.

He was ordained priest on 14 February 1723. He served on the Supreme Tribunals of the Apostolic Signatura and of Grace.

Episcopate

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He was appointed archbishop of Philippi in partibus infidelium on 11 September 1724 and was consecrated on 21 September by Pope Benedict XIII with Mondilio Orsini, Titular Archbishop of Corinthus, and Pierre-Guérin de Tencin, Archbishop of Embrun, serving as co-consecrators.[2][3] He served as a consultor of the Ss.CC. of Rites and of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. He was transferred to the see of Imola, with personal title of archbishop and retaining all his other posts on 12 April 1728.

Cardinalate

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He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina in the consistory of 20 September 1728. He participated in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII. He was also able to participate in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV.[4] He was appointed to the order of Cardinal-Bishops taking the suburbicarian see of Frascati on 11 March 1743.

He died in 1747, around 9 p.m. His body was exposed in the church of Sant'Ignazio, Rome, and buried in that same church.

References

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  1. ^ "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of September 20, 1728". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  2. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "ACCORAMBONI, Giuseppe (1672-1747)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
  3. ^ Cheney, David M. "Giuseppe Cardinal Accoramboni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved December 14, 2019. [self-published]
  4. ^ California State University of Northridge website, ‘’Sede Vacante 1740’’
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
1724–1728
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola
1728–1739
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
1728–1740
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
1740–1743
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
1743–1747
Succeeded by