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  2. Pope Innocent VIII - Wikipedia

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    In 1432, Giovanni Battista Cybo was born in Genoa, the son of Arano Cybo and Teodorina de Mari. His father was from an old Genoese family of Greek ancestry, [1] a viceroy of Naples and then a senator in Rome under Pope Calixtus III. Giovanni Battista's early years were spent at the Neapolitan court.

  3. Pope Paul VI - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini was born in the village of Concesio, in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, in 1897. His father, Giorgio Montini (1860–1943), was a lawyer, journalist, director of the Catholic Action, and member of the Italian Parliament. His mother, Giudetta Alghisi (1874–1943), was from a family of ...

  4. List of people executed in the Papal States - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Battista Bugatti, executioner of the Papal States between 1796 and 1861, carried out 516 executions. This is a list of people executed in the Papal States under the government of the Popes or during the 1810–1819 decade of French rule.

  5. Pope Innocent X - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Battista Pamphili was born in Rome on 5 May 1574, the son of Camillo Pamphili, of the Roman Pamphili family.The family, originally from Gubbio, was directly descended from Pope Alexander VI.

  6. List of popes - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Battista Castagna 4 August 1521 Rome, Lazio, Papal States 69 / 69 Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Supported by the Spanish. Shortest-reigning pope; died before coronation. Set the first known worldwide smoking ban, banning smoking in and near all churches. 229: 5 December 1590 – 16 October 1591 (315 days) Gregory XIV

  7. 1963 papal conclave - Wikipedia

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    John XXIII's death left the future of the Second Vatican Council in the balance, as the election of an anti-Council pope could have severely curbed the Council's role. The leading papabile candidates were Giovanni Battista Montini of Milan, who had not been a cardinal at the time of the previous conclave, and was supportive of reforms proposed at the Council; [1] Giacomo Lercaro of Bologna ...

  8. Giovanni Battista - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, birth name of Pope Paul VI (1897–1978). Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682–1771), anatomist. Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520–1578), painter. Giovanni Battista Orsenigo (1837–1904), monk and dentist. Giovanni Battista Orsini, Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller from 1467 to 1476

  9. Capital punishment in Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    As Vatican City is a sacerdotal-monarchical state ruled by the Pope, who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church, its laws are influenced by Church teaching. Giovanni Battista Bugatti , executioner of the Papal States between 1796 and 1865, carried out 516 executions (Bugatti pictured offering snuff to a condemned prisoner in ...