Scipione Rebiba
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Scipione Rebiba was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a protégé of Gian Pietro Carafa, who became Pope Paul IV. He held a variety of positions in the Church hierarchy, including some of the m
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Seal of Cardinal Scipione Rebiba, c. 1556
Guillaume d'Estouteville
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Guillaume d'Estouteville was a French aristocrat of royal blood who became a leading Catholic bishop and cardinal. He held a number of Church offices simultaneously, conducted the reexamination of the
Scipione Rebiba
…95% of Catholic bishops alive today. The last pope who did not have his apostolic succession derived from Rebiba is Pope Innocent XII (a member of Guillaume d'Estouteville's line) who died on 27 September 1700. Since there are no known surviving records of who consecrated him, most Latin Catholic bishops can trace their…
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Bust of Guillaume d'Estouteville done shortly after his death by Mino da Fiesole, Metropolitan Museum, New York City
Tomb of Saint Monica (S. Agostino)