Giovanni Battista Orsini (Cardinal)

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Giovanni Battista Orsini (also: Giambattista Orsini ; * around 1450 in Rome ; † February 22, 1503 ibid) was a cardinal of the Roman Church . He was a nephew of Cardinal Latino Orsini .

Life

Orsini received the cardinalate from Pope Sixtus IV on November 15, 1483 and received the title diaconia Santa Maria in Domnica as a cardinal deacon . In 1489 he moved to Santa Maria Nuova . In 1490 he was awarded the Archbishopric of Taranto by Innocent VIII , which he ruled as administrator until 1498. Alongside he was papal legate and administrator for the Romagna , Bologna and the March of Ancona , the then provinces of the Papal States were.

In the conclave of 1492 Alexander VI was mainly at his instigation . elected as the new Pope. In 1493 he became cardinal priest of the titular church Santi Giovanni e Paolo , whereupon he received the priestly ordination on March 12 of the same year .

Orsini represented together with the head of the house Orsini , the Duke of Gravina (probably Francesco Orsini ), in the Italo-French war the interests of Florence and France . He was arrested by Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia's father , and imprisoned in the dungeon of Castello Sant'Angelo after he had been ordered to an audience on January 3, 1503 . There he was - according to historical speculations - poisoned by Alexander or his son, so that he died on February 22nd of the same year.

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  1. ↑ Joachim Brambach: The Borgia - fascination of a Renaissance family. Pp. 244-260
personal data
SURNAME Orsini, Giovanni Battista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Orsini, Giambattista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH around 1450
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1503
Place of death Rome