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Brancaccio, Stefano

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BRANCACCIO, STEFANO. - Cardinal, b. in Naples in 1618, d. in Viterbo on 8 Sept. 1682, he was the nephew of Cardinal Francesco Maria B. After obtaining a degree in law, he was appointed, in 1643, referendary of the two Signatures. On 9 Dec. 1654 he was sent by Innocent X to Malta as inquisitor, and on 5 May 1660 he was elected titular bishop of Adrianople. In June of the same year he was sent as nuncio to Florence, and on 17 July 1666 to Venice. In 1668 he was appointed secretary of the Congregation of the Council, and on 2 June 1670 he obtained, through the free cession of his uncle the cardinal, the bishopric of Viterbo-Tuscania.

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BIBL.: L. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali, VII, Rome 1793, pp. 245-46; Cappelletti, VI, pp. 163-64; L. Karttunen, Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes de 1650 à 1800, Geneva 1912, pp. 19, 22, 235; B. Katterbach, Referendarii utriusque Signaturae (Studi e Testi), 55, Vatican City 1931, p. 284.

Emma Santovito

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 22.

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Santovito, Emma. “Brancaccio, stefano.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 22. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/brancaccio-stefano.

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Santovito, Emma. “Brancaccio, stefano.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 22. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/brancaccio-stefano.

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  author    = {Santovito, Emma},
  title     = {Brancaccio, stefano},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {22},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/brancaccio-stefano}
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