Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni

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Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni was an influential late 17th- and early 18th-century Roman patron of the arts and powerful churchman, renowned for supporting leading Baroque composers and artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque cultural patron
Catholic priest
Italian nobleman
cardinal
patron of the arts
birthDate 1667-07-02
birthPlace Republic of Venice
Venice
burialPlace Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
surface form: Basilica of San Lorenzo in Damaso
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
Republic of Venice
deathDate 1740-02-29
elevatedToCardinalBy Pope Alexander VIII
elevationToCardinalDate 1689-11-07
familyName Ottoboni
givenName Pietro
hosted musical academies at Palazzo della Cancelleria
knownFor patronage of Baroque music
patronage of Baroque painting and architecture
patronage of opera in Rome
memberOf College of Cardinals
movement Baroque
nobleFamily Ottoboni family
occupation cardinal
librettist
patron of the arts
politician
participatedIn Papal conclave, 1700
Papal conclave, 1721
Papal conclave, 1724
Papal conclave, 1730
patronOf Alessandro Scarlatti
Antonio Caldara
Arcangelo Corelli
Carlo Maratta
Domenico Scarlatti
Filippo Juvarra
George Frideric Handel
Sebastiano Conca
positionHeld Cardinal-bishop of Frascati
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
surface form: Cardinal-bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Cardinal-bishop of Sabina
Cardinal-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII
Dean of the College of Cardinals
Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Palazzo della Cancelleria
Rome
uncle Pope Alexander VIII
wrote opera libretti

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Arcangelo Corelli employer Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni
Concerti Grossi Op. 6 dedicatedTo Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni
Pope Alexander VIII appointedRelativeToOffice Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni
this entity surface form: Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (grandnephew)