Bandino Panciatichi

Bandino Panciatici (10 July, 1629 – 21 April, 1718) as a Roman Catholic cardinal from 1690 to 1718.

Bandino Panciatici was born in Florence on July 10, 1629. He came from a Pistoian noble family, and was a relative of Pope Clement IX. He was educated at the University of Pisa, receiving a doctorate in law.

After university, he traveled to Rome and practiced law with Giambattista De Luca. When his relative became Pope Clement IX in 1667, he entered the papal household. He became secondo collaterale of the Roman Curia. A short time after that, he became lieutenant of the auditor of the Apostolic Camera. When Pope Clement X was elected in 1670, he resigned to respect the laws of justice (non mancare ai doveri della giustizia), returning to Florence. In 1678, he was recalled to Rome by Pope Innocent XI to become secretary of the S.C. of the Apostolic Visit and of the State of Regulars. He then became S.C. of Bishops and Regulars in 1686. He later became Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace.

On October 7, 1689, he became prodatary of the Apostolic Dataria. On October 14, 1689, he became Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, with dispensation for not having yet received Holy Orders. He was consecrated as a bishop in Rome by Cardinal Gasparo Carpegna on December 21, 1689. On January 25, 1690, he was named Assistant at the Pontifical Throne.

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