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Giovanni Visconti (1290–1354) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, who was co-ruler in Milan and lord of other Italian cities. [1] [2] He also was a military leader who fought against Florence , and used force to capture and hold other cities.
Giovanni Visconti, who also had become archbishop of Milan in 1342, continued as lord of Milan, while its territory was increased by the temporary annexation of Bologna and Genoa in the 1350s. After Giovanni’s death, the Visconti dominions were shared among his three nephews.
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The Visconti ruled Milan until the early Renaissance, first as Lords, then, from 1395, with the mighty Gian Galeazzo, who endeavored to unify Northern Italy and Tuscany, as Dukes. Visconti rule in Milan ended with the death of Filippo Maria Visconti in 1447.
He was ostensibly created cardinal-bishop of Sabina by his uncle in 1275 and in 1276 was named judge in the case concerning the translation of bishop Giovanni of Potenza to the archbishopric of Monreale, postulated by the cathedral chapter of Monreale. He died in 1277 or 1278.
Visconti family, eager for strengthened legitimacy by acceptance into the fraternity of European dynasties, began of marrying Visconti princesses into foreign ruling houses, including France.
Giovanni Cardinal Visconti † Deceased Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eusebio Note(s): (Pseudocardinal of Nicholas V)
Mar 1, 2007 · The Visconti were one of many families, equally ambitious and often equally rapacious, that vied for political power in northern Italy and were opposed to any expansion of papal temporal authority. But papal diplomacy singled out the Visconti, casting them as enemies needing to be defeated and rooted out of Italy by papal armies.
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