Francesco Condulmer was a cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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He was made cardinal on 19 September 1431 by his uncle, Pope Eugenius IV, and accumulated many offices and dignities. He was Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1432–40), administrator of Narbonne

Narbonne

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 (1433–36) and Amiens

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 (1436–37). He was Archbishop of Besançon (1437–38) and Archbishop of Verona (1438–53), Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church (1437–53), Latin Patriarch of Constantinople

Latin Patriarch of Constantinople

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 (1438–53), and bishop of the suburbicarian see of Porto (1445–53).

As papal legate in Constantinople

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 (1438) he was deeply involved in preparing for union with Greek Orthodox Church

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. He served also as supreme commander of the papal fleet (1444 and 1445–46) engaged in combat with the fleet of the Ottoman Empire

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 in the Mediterranean Sea

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. He participated in the Papal conclave, 1447

Papal conclave, 1447

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. He may have become dean of the Sacred College in January 1451. He died at the age of 63.