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Giustiniani, Alessandro

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GIUSTINIANI, ALESSANDRO. - Cardinal, b. 3 Feb. 1778 in Genoa, d. there 11 Oct. 1843. Vice-legate of Bologna and of Ferrara, after the conclusion of the Concordat of 1818 with the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies he became a member of the commission for the execution of that Concordat. He remained in Naples also during the revolution of 1820-21 and proved himself on that occasion a very able diplomat. Preconized titular archbishop of Petra in 1822, and nuncio in Naples, he moved to Lisbon in 1826, and was published on 2 July 1832 as cardinal of the title of S. Croce in Gerusalemme.

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BIBL.: G. Moroni, Diz. di erudiz. storico-eccl., XXXI, pp. 226-28; W. Maturi, Il Concordato del 1818 tra la S. Sede e le Due Sicilie, Florence 1929, passim; J. H. Brady, Rome and the Neapolitan revolution of 1820-21, New York 1937, passim; G. M. Monti, Stato e Chiesa durante la Rivoluzione napoletana del 1820-21, in Chiesa e Stato, I. Studi storici, Milan 1939, pp. 335-405.

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By Silvio Furlani

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 832.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Giustiniani, alessandro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 832. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giustiniani-alessandro.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Giustiniani, alessandro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 832. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giustiniani-alessandro.

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  author    = {Furlani, Silvio},
  title     = {Giustiniani, alessandro},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {832},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giustiniani-alessandro}
}

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