Born December 12, 1626 in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Giovanni Francesco Ginetti was nephew of Cardinal Marzio Ginetti

Marzio Ginetti

Marzio Ginetti was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal Vicar of Rome. He was the uncle of Giovanni Francesco Ginetti....

 (1585 - 1681).

Under the reign of Pope Alexander VII he was appointed him Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura

Apostolic Signatura

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, later Sergeant Major of the Papal Army (1625 - 1635) and then Treasurer General of the Apostolic Chamber. He was also deputy governor of Castel Sant'Angelo

Castel Sant'Angelo

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Gianfrancesco Ginetti was created cardinal deacon in the consistory of September 1 1681 under pope Innocent XI

Pope Innocent XI

Blessed Pope Innocent XI , born Benedetto Odescalchi, was Pope from 1676 to 1689.-Early life:Benedetto Odescalchi was born at Como in 1611 , the son of a Como nobleman, Livio Odescalchi, and Paola Castelli Giovanelli from Gandino...

 , three weeks later on September 22 he received the deaconry of S. Maria della Scala in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. On January 12 1682 he opted for the deaconry of S.Angelo della Pescheria

On June 5 1684 Cardinal Gianfrancesco Ginetti was appointed archbishop

Archbishop

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 of Fermo

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fermo

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He participated in the Conclaves of 1689 and 1691

Died of cholera

Cholera

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 in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, September 18 1691 and was buried in his family chapel in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle

Sant'Andrea della Valle

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, opposite to his uncle, Cardinal Marzio Ginetti

Marzio Ginetti

Marzio Ginetti was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal Vicar of Rome. He was the uncle of Giovanni Francesco Ginetti....

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Sources

• Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri , Gaetano Moroni Venezia, 1845, page 237

• Documents sur le capitain Jules Mazarin - Henry Coville, Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, 1914 Vol.34, Issue 34 pp. 201-234