ACCORAMBONI, GIUSEPPE. - Cardinal, b. at Preci in 1672, d. at Frascati in 1747. Under the guidance of the celebrated Luca Palma the Younger, he devoted himself deeply to juridical studies, acquiring great renown in the Roman Curia. First auditor of the Rota, then curial advocate and auditor of Card. Michelangelo Conti, when the latter was elected pope (Innocent XIII), he was made deputy datary and canon of St. Peter’s, and subsequently titular archbishop of Philippi. Benedict XIII appointed him his auditor and conferred upon him the abbey of S. Ilaria at Galbiate, creating him, on 20 Sept. 1728, cardinal of the title of S. Maria in Traspontina, with the administration of the bishopric of Imola.
During eleven years of government, he enriched the cathedral, restored the seminary, visited the entire diocese, and held the Synod of 1738. Having resigned the diocese the following year, he withdrew to Rome, where he carried on a remarkable activity in the Roman congregations, of which he was a valued member. In 1743 he was transferred to the suburbicarian diocese of Frascati, which he governed until his death, at the age of 75. His tomb is preserved in Rome, in the church of S. Ignazio (chapel of S. Luigi).