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Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani

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Most Reverend
Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani
Bishop of Accia and Mariana
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Accia and Mariana
In office 1656–1682
Predecessor Giovanni Agostino Marliani
Successor Agostino Fieschi
Orders
Ordination 20 December 1648
Consecration 16 January 1656
by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti
Personal details
Born 12 December 1621
Genoa, Italy
Died 1 September 1682 (age 60)

Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani (12 December 1621 – 1 September 1682) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Accia and Mariana (1656–1682).[1]

Biography

Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani was born in Genoa, Italy on 12 December 1621 and ordained a priest on 20 December 1648.[2] On 10 January 1656, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Accia and Mariana.[3][2] On 16 January 1656, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, with Ascanio Piccolomini, Archbishop of Siena, and Giovanni Agostino Marliani, Bishop Emeritus of Accia and Mariana, serving as co-consecrators.[2] In 1676, he began construction of Notre-Dame-des-Grâces-de-Lavasina church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, on the site where two miracles had occurred.[4][5] He served as Bishop of Accia and Mariana until his death on 1 September 1682.[3][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Adamo Gentile, Bishop of Lipari (1660).[2]

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