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Giulio Canani

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

Summary

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

Field	Value
type	Cardinal
name	Giulio Canani
see	Diocese of Modena
title	Bishop of Modena, Cardinal priest of S. Anastasia
enthroned	February 8, 1591—November 27, 1592
cardinal	December 12, 1583
other_post	Previously Bishop of Adria
birth_date	1524
birth_place	Ferrara, Italy
death_date
death_place	Ferrara, Italy

Giulio Canani (1524 – 27 November 1592) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Canani became a bishop in 1554 and a cardinal priest in 1583. He also participated in 4 papal conclaves in the 1590s.

Early life

Canani was orn in Ferrara to Luigi Canani and Lucrezia Brancaleone.

He studied both canon and civil law in the University of Ferrara and he became cleric in Ferara.

Career

Later he went to Rome and, in 1552, he was appointed papal datary by Pope Julius III. Canani was elected bishop of Adria on November 26, 1554.

Canani was nominated for the cardinalate by Duke Alfonso d'Este of Ferrara. He was created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1583, by Pope Gregory XIII, and was assigned the titular church of Sant'Eusebio on November 28, 1584.

On February 8, 1591, he was transferred to the see Diocese of Modena . Later he opted for the title of S. Anastasia on March 20, 1591.

He participated in the two conclaves of 1590 that elected Urban VII and Gregory XIV. He also participated in the papal conclave of 1591 that elected Innocent IX and in the papal conclave of 1592 that elected Clement VIII.

Death

Giulio Canani died on November 27, 1592, in his native town Ferrara during a short visit there.

References

Luigi Ughi. (1804). "Dizionario storico degli uomini illustri ferraresi nella pieta, nelle arti, e nelle scienze". G. Rinaldi.

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