Church Catholic Church Name Benedetto Giustiniani Siblings Vincenzo Giustiniani Consecration July 2, 1612 | Term ended 21 September 1631 Appointed 31 August 1620 Died March 27, 1621 | |
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See Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina Other posts Papal treasurer, Papal legate to Bologna Place of burial Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy Predecessor Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta | ||
Successor Francesco Maria del Monte Created Cardinal 16 November 1586 | ||
Benedetto Giustiniani (5 June 1554 – 27 March 1621) was an Italian clergyman who was made a cardinal in the consistory of 16 November 1586 by Pope Sixtus V.
He participated in the papal conclaves of 1592 and 1621. From 1615 to 1620 he was bishop of the Sabina and from 1620 to 1621 of Porto. Either he or his brother Vincenzo commissioned the 1621-1629 painting of Saint John the Evangelist by Domenichino. His postmortem inventory contained 280 paintings.
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