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Acquaviva, Francesco

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Also known as: Latin: Franciscus Aquaviva

ACQUAVIVA, FRANCESCO. - Cardinal, b. in Naples in 1665, d. in Rome in 1725. In 1689 he was appointed by Innocent XI vice-legate to Ferrara and later inquisitor in Malta. Under Innocent XII he became first master of the chamber and then, shortly before the outbreak of the war of succession, nuncio at the Spanish court. He supported the party of Philip V and, to meet the expenses of the war, sacrificed his silverware, which he sent to the mint to be coined. On 17 May 1706 he was elected by Clement XI cardinal of the title of St. Bartholomew on the Island, later changed to that of St. Cecilia, whose church he restored. Philip V appointed him minister and protector of the kingdom of Spain at the Holy See. He was buried in the church of St. Cecilia.

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BIBL.: Pastor, XV, pp. 103-771, passim; P. Richard, s. v. in DHG, I, coll. 358-59.

Emma Santovito

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 244.

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Santovito, Emma. “Acquaviva, francesco.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 244. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/acquaviva-francesco.

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Santovito, Emma. “Acquaviva, francesco.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 244. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/acquaviva-francesco.

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  author    = {Santovito, Emma},
  title     = {Acquaviva, francesco},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {244},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/acquaviva-francesco}
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