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Giovanni Gaetano Orsini (ca. 1285 – 27 August 1335) Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church from 17 December 1316 until his death was a Roman nobleman a nephew of Pope Nicholas III and a grandson of Matteo Rosso Orsini. He was sometimes recorded under the names Gian Gaetano Orsini and Giangaetano Orsini.In 1326 the Avignon Pope John XXII sent him as his Legate a latere to Italy then much troubled by civil wars with the task of bringing peace.