GIUSTINIANI, GIACOMO. - Cardinal, b. 29 Dec. 1769 in Rome, d. 24 Feb. 1843 there. Vice-legate of Ravenna in 1794, governor of Perugia in 1797 and president of the State Junta in Rome, he withdrew to Naples after the occupation of Rome by General Berthier.

After Pius VII's return in 1814, G. was appointed pro-governor of Rome. Titular archbishop of Tyre in 1817 and nuncio in Spain, he remained there until 1826. Created cardinal on 2 Oct. 1826 by Leo XII, he was bishop of Imola until 1832. In the Conclave of 1830 he was among the papabili, but his elevation to the tiara was hindered by the veto imposed by the government of Madrid.

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BIBL.: G. Moroni, Diz. di erudiz. storico-ecl., XXXI, pp. 221-26; A. Eisler, Das Veto der katholischen Staaten bei der Papstzahl, Vienna 1907, pp. 240-42; J. Becker, Relaciones diplomáticas entre España y la S. Sede durante el siglo XIX, Madrid 1909, passim; J. Schmidlin, Papstgeschichte der neuesten Zeit, I, Munich 1933, passim.

Silvio Furlani

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