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Name
  
Niccolo Fieschi

Role
  
Cardinal

Died
  
1524


Niccolo Fieschi

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Niccolò Fieschi (c. 1456 – 1524) was an Italian Cardinal, of a prominent family of Genoa which features in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.

He was bishop of Fréjus from 1485, and bishop of Agde from 1488. He was archbishop of Ravenna from 1516.

References

Niccolò Fieschi Wikipedia