Giovanni Antonio Guadagni

Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni (1761)

Giovanni Antonio Guadagni OCD (born September 14, 1674 in Florence , † January 15, 1759 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He was the only child of Marchese Donato Guadagni and Maddalena Corsini, a sister of Lorenzo Corsini, who later became Pope Clement XII. On May 11, 1702, Guadagni was ordained a priest for the Order of the Discalced Carmelites. On December 20, 1724 he was appointed Bishop of Arezzo . He received his episcopal ordination on December 31, 1724, his uncle Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini; Co- consecrators were Cardinal Pietro Luigi Carafa and Filippo Spada , Bishop of Pesaro ; he held the office of bishop in Arezzo until November 4, 1732. Guadagni was on September 24, 1731 by Pope Clement XII. created cardinal and on December 17th of the same year appointed cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti . He was also from 1738 to 1759 Commendatarabbot of the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata . On February 23, 1750 he was appointed Bishop of Frascati and on January 12, 1756 Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and thus appointed Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals. He took part in the conclave in 1740 and in the conclave in 1758 .

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predecessor	Office	successor
Raniero d'Elci	Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 1756–1759	Giuseppe Spinelli
Vincenzo Bichi	Cardinal Bishop of Frascati 1750–1756	Carlo Maria Sacripante
Benedetto Falconcini	Bishop of Arezzo 1724–1732	Francesco Guidi

personal data
SURNAME	Guadagni, Giovanni Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Guadagni, Johann Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian chaplain, cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	January 15, 1759
Place of death	Rome