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Pietro Ottoboni

Catholic cardinal · Religious Figures · Lived 1667 to 1740 · aged 72

Pietro Ottoboni 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.

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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."

Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1667 to 1740 · aged 72