Giulio Alberoni

Giulio Alberoni (May 21, 1664 OS - June 26 NS, 1752), Italian cardinal and

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statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain, was born near Piacenza, probably at the village of Fiorenzuola d'Arda in the Duchy of Parma.

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His father was a gardener, and he himself became first connected with the church in the humble position of a bellringer and verger in the cathedral of Piacenza, where he gained the notice of Bishop Barni, took priest's orders, and afterwards accompanied the son of his patron to Rome.

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