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Fieschi, Nicola

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Also known as: Cardinal Fieschi; Italian: Niccolò Fieschi

FIESCHI, NICOLA. - Cardinal, of the branch of the counts of Lavagna, b. c. 1456, d. June 15, 1524. He was a man of great virtue and integrity. He received the cardinal's title on May 30, 1503, with his appointment as legate to Louis XII and to the Republic of Genoa. He held various bishoprics, even simultaneously, according to the custom of the time: Toulon (1484-87; 1515-24); Fréjus (1485-88; 1495-1524); Agde (1488); Embrun (1511); Ravenna (1518-24), where he minted coin, Sabina (1521) and Porto (1522).

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BIBL.: A. Aubery, Hist. gén. des cardinaux, III, Paris 1641, pp. 73-75; G. Fabri, Le sacre memorie di Ravenna antica, Venice 1661, pp. 520-41; J. H. Albanès, Gallia christiana novissima, I, Montebaird 1890, coll. 301-92; V. Valenza 1911, coll. 548, 557; Pastor, III (v. index).

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1249.

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Orazi, Ausenda Renata. “Fieschi, nicola.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1249. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fieschi-nicola.

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Orazi, Ausenda Renata. “Fieschi, nicola.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1249. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fieschi-nicola.

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  author    = {Orazi, Ausenda Renata},
  title     = {Fieschi, nicola},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1249},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/fieschi-nicola}
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