Nicola Grimaldi I

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Nicola Grimaldi I
Orders
Created cardinal	May 17, 1706
Personal details
Born	1645 Naples
Died	25 October 1717 Rome

Nicola Grimaldi (1645–1717) was born at the , Naples, a member of the noble Grimaldi family of Genoa.^[1]

Career[]

During the pontificate of Pope Innocent XI he became a governor of several cities in the Papal States. He was created a cardinal in the consistory of May 17, 1706, the same year in which he became the papal legate in Bologna. In 1716 he became Prefect of the a position he held until his death.^[1]

Death[]

Grimaldi died at his palazzo in Rome on October 25, 1717, and was buried in the Capuchin , Rome.^[1]

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