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11 Facts About Luigi Pisani

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Luigi Pisani was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

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Luigi Pisani was the son of Giovanni Pisani, an Ambassador of Venice to France.

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In 1555, Luigi Pisani succeeded Francesco on the latter's promotion to Bishop of Albano.

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Luigi Pisani rose in the hierarchy of the church serving as praefectus annonae, dealing with the finances of the provisioning of the Papal Court and the City of Rome from 1561 to 1562.

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Luigi Pisani was born in Venice in 1522, the son of Giovanni Pisani, future Ambassador of the Republic of Venice to the Kingdom of France, and his wife Benedetta Gritti.

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Luigi Pisani's mother was the sister of Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice, and his father was the brother of Cardinal Francesco Pisani.

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At his tender age, Luigi Pisani was too young to be a bishop, and thus the diocese needed an Administrator, who turned out to be his uncle the Cardinal.

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Luigi Pisani succeeded as Administrator of the diocese of Padua in 1555, on the resignation of his uncle, Cardinal Francesco Luigi Pisani, who had been promoted Bishop of Albano by the new Pope, Paul IV.

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Luigi Pisani rose in the hierarchy of the Apostolic Chamber to the office of praefectus annonae, ninth in rank, dealing with the finances of the provisioning of the Papal Court and the City of Rome.

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Luigi Pisani was never Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church.

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Luigi Pisani was buried in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Venice.