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Michiel, Giovanni

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MICHIEL, GIOVANNI. - Cardinal, b. in Venice in 1446, d. in Rome on 10 April 1503. Created cardinal by his uncle Paul II on 21 Nov. 1468, he was later bishop of Verona (18 March 1471) and of Padua (1485), and also patriarch of Constantinople (23 Jan. 1497). As legate of Innocent VIII to Ferdinand king of Naples he succeeded in concluding with him the peace of 11 Aug. 1486. He died of poison through the agency of Cesare Borgia, who coveted his wealth.

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BIBL.: Pastor, III. v. index; P. Paschini, Il carteggio fra il card. Marco Barbo e Giovanni Lorenzi, Città del Vaticano 1948, p. 15 and passim.

Carlo Angeleri

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 963.

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Angeleri, Carlo. “Michiel, giovanni.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 963. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/michiel-giovanni.

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Angeleri, Carlo. “Michiel, giovanni.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 963. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/michiel-giovanni.

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@incollection{ec8_michiel_giovanni,
  author    = {Angeleri, Carlo},
  title     = {Michiel, giovanni},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {963},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/michiel-giovanni}
}

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