Virginio Orsini
Virginio Orsini (1615 – 21 August 1676) was an Italian Cardinal. He belonged to the ducal family of Bracciano, He renounced his birthright in his youth, entered the military order of the Knights of Malta and distinguished himself in battle against the Ottoman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. He had plans to marry Ippolita Ludovisi (daughter of Orazio Ludovisi, sister of Niccolò Ludovisi and a niece of Pope Gregory XV) but Pope Urban VIII had no desire for the marriage to go ahead.
Virginio Orsini
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- Born
- 1615 · Rome.
- Died
- 1676 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Occupation
- catholic priest · catholic bishop · writer · composer
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Instead, in December 1641, the Pope raised him to the dignity of cardinal, and appointed him Protector of the Polish as well as of the Portuguese Orient. He was commissioned to direct the building of the new fortifications with which Urban VIII enclosed the Leonine City and a quarter of Trastevere. In 1675, he became Cardinal Bishop of Frascati.
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1615
Virginio Orsini born at Rome.
1676
Virginio Orsini died at Rome.
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- Fra protezione, circolazione, scambio. Il cardinale Virginio Orsini (1615–1676), Diplomatische Wissenskulturen der Frühen Neuzeit, 2018
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2018
- Lettre de Rome de Bartolomeo de Bracciano à Virginio Orsini (1489-1494), Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, 1913
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1913
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 137333587, Virginio Orsini, San Gemini, Duca.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2297070: Virginio Orsini
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Fra protezione, circolazione, scambio. Il cardinale Virginio Orsini (1615–1676), Diplomatische Wissenskulturen der Frühen Neuzeit, 2018Crossref registry
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Lettre de Rome de Bartolomeo de Bracciano à Virginio Orsini (1489-1494), Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, 1913Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 137333587, Virginio Orsini, San Gemini, Duca.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Virginio Orsini is recorded as catholic priest, catholic bishop, writer and composer.
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