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    Alessandro Albani (15 October 1692 – 11 December 1779) was a Roman Catholic cardinal remembered as a leading collector of antiquities, dealer and art patron...
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    The Villa Albani (later Villa Albani-Torlonia) is a villa in Rome, built on the Via Salaria for Cardinal Alessandro Albani. It was built between 1747 and...
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    Gian Francesco Albani (26 February 1720 – 15 September 1803) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal. He was a member of the Albani family. Albani was born in Rome...
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    Alessandro Farnese (5 October 1520 – 2 March 1589), an Italian cardinal and diplomat and a great collector and patron of the arts, was the grandson of...
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    ever since. Alessandro Albani (1692–1779), Italian aristocrat and cardinal Annibale Albani (1682–1751), Italian cardinal Francesco Albani (1578-1660)...
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  • tribe Alessandro Albani (1692–1779), Italian Cardinal and antiquities collector Annibale Albani (1682–1751), Italian Cardinal Dame Emma Albani (1847–1930)...
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    František Herczan 1823–1834: Giuseppe Albani 1858–1867: Pietro Silvestri Vice-protectors and co-protectors 1536–1541: Alessandro Cesarini 1560–1565: Cristoforo...
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    earliest concerted excavations there. It was bought before 1733 by Alessandro Cardinal Albani. To contemporaries it seemed to be the real attraction of his...
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    beginning construction of the Trevi Fountain, and the purchase of Cardinal Alessandro Albani's collection of antiquities for the papal gallery. In his 1738...
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    cardinals: two nephews of Pope Clement, Annibale Albani (1682–1751) and Alessandro Albani (1692–1772), and Alessandro's nephew Gianfrancesco Albani (1720–1803)...
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    become Cardinal Archinto. After the deaths of the two cardinals, Winckelmann was hired as librarian in the house of Alessandro Cardinal Albani, who was...
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    (first time) Giuseppe Albani (31 March 1829 – 30 November 1830) Tommaso Bernetti, pro-secretary (21 February – 10 August 1831); cardinal secretary (10 August...
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  • 1727–34 Domenico Rivera, 1734–52 Giuseppe Spinelli, 1753–63 Gian Francesco Albani, 1763–73; 1780–1803 Mario Marefoschi, 1773–74 Francesco Carafa, 1774–80...
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    reason, that Albani, who became dean at the death of Cavalchini, refused to resign the bishopric of Porto e Santa Rufina. However, Cardinal Albani eventually...
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    Annibale Albani (15 August 1682 – 21 September 1751) was an Italian Cardinal. Annibale Albani was born in Urbino as a member of the Albani family, of...
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    Pope Alexander VIII (Italian: Alessandro VIII; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of...
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    Guillaume Dubois, archbishop of Cambrai – cardinal-priest without the title, † 10 August 1723 Alessandro Albanicardinal-deacon of S. Adriano (received the...
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    Prince Alessandro purchased the Villa Albani, which contained many outstanding Graeco-Roman artifacts assembled by the late Cardinal Alessandro Albani, a...
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    all men, the first time when his uncle dies. — Cardinal Albani Even into the 18th century, the cardinal-nephew was a natural power broker at the conclave...
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    the Albani Pope Clement XI; with the decline in the fortunes of Cardinal Alessandro Albani, it was sold to the del Drago, who occupy it still. Palazzo Baracchini...
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    by Alessandro Albani. Luca Leoncini suggests the possibility that the vase had been in the Palazzo del Drago 'alle Quattro Fontane, which Albani purchased...
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    Laçi. Alessandro Albani (1692–1779), Italian aristocrat and cardinal. He’s from the Albani family which has its origins in Laçi. Annibale Albani (1682–1751)...
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    princely tomb for the musician in the Pantheon. Other protégés of the cardinal were Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi and Antonio Caldara. As his father Antonio...
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    (1693–1730) Lorenzo Altieri (1730–1741) Carlo Maria Marini (1741–1747) Alessandro Albani (1747–1779) Domenico Orsini d'Aragona (1779–1789) Ignazio Gaetano...
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    see of the Holy Roman Church (which means it carries the rare rank of cardinal-bishop) and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy in the Roman province...
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    Serbelloni, 1774–1775 Gian Francesco Albani, 1775–1803 Henry Benedict Stuart, 1803–1807 Leonardo Antonelli, 1807–1811 Alessandro Mattei, 1814–1820 Giulio Maria...
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    of Sens Gian Girolamo Albani Filippo Boncompagni Filippo Guastavillani, Camerlengo Andrea d'Austria, Bishop of Brixen Alessandro Riario, Titular Patriarch...
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    Piedmontese capital, recommended by art enthusiast the Roman cardinal Alessandro Albani. In collaboration with his brother, he created portraits and works...
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    Alessandro Albani (also protector of Sardinia) and von Rodt. The French faction was leaderless at the time of death of Benedict XIV, because Cardinal-protector...
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    Pope Pius VI to Prince Orazio Albani, brother of the former pope Pope Clement XI, and father of cardinal Alessandro Albani. In the 19th century, many of...
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