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BENTIVOGLIO, GUIDO (1579-1644)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 750 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENTIVOGLIO, GUIDO (1579-1644) , See also:Italian See also:cardinal, states-See also:man and historian, was See also:born at See also:Ferrara in 1579. After studying at See also:Padua, he went to reside at See also:Rome, and was received with See also:great favour by See also:Pope See also:Clement VIII., who made him his private See also:chamberlain. The next pope, See also:Paul V., created him See also:archbishop of See also:Rhodes in 1607, and appointed him as See also:nuncio to See also:Flanders and afterwards to See also:France; on his return to Rome in 1621 he was created cardinal and entrusted by See also:Louis XIII. with the management of See also:French affairs at the papal See also:court. He became the intimate friend of Pope See also:Urban VIII., who appointed him to the suburban see of See also:Palestrina in 1691. An able writer and skilful diplomatist, Bentivoglio was marked out as Urban's successor, but he died suddenly on the 7th of See also:September 1644 at the opening of the See also:conclave. Bentivoglio's See also:principal See also:works are: Della Guerra di Fiandria (best edition, See also:Cologne, 1633-1639), translated into See also:English by See also:Henry, See also:earl of See also:Monmouth (See also:London, 1654); Relazioni di G. Bentivoglio in tempo delle See also:sue Nunziature di Fiandria e di See also:Francia (Cologne, 163o); Lettere diplomatiche di Guido Bentivoglio (See also:Brussels, 1631, frequently reprinted, best edition by L. Scarabelli, 2 vols., See also:Turin, 1852). The See also:complete edition of his works was published at See also:Venice in 1668 in 4to. A selection of his letters has been adopted as a classic in the Italian See also:schools.

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