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Apostolic Collector To Portugal
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Portugal is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. For much of the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries the holders of the office have gone on to hold positions in the Roman Curia that customarily been held by cardinals. This custom has now ceased, though is still in use in France. Apostolic nuncios to Portugal * Antonio Pucci (1513 - 1515) *Manuel de Noronha (1518) *Martinho de Portugal (1527 - 1529) *Marco Quinto Vigerio della Rovere (1532 - 1536) *Girolamo Capodiferro (1536 - 1539) *Ferdinando Vasconcellos de Menezes (20 December 1538 - 1542 ?) *Luigi Lippomano (21 May 1542 - 27 June 1544) * Giovanni Ricci di Montepulciano (27 June 1544 - 4 March 1550) *Pompeo Zambeccari (4 March 1550 - 22 November 1553) * Cardinal Henry of Portugal (Nov 1553 - 1560) (with the title of ''Legate'') *Prospero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decio Carafa
Decio Carafa (1556–1626) was an Archbishop of Naples who had previously served as papal nuncio to the Spanish Netherlands (1606–1607) and to Habsburg Spain (1607–1611). Life Carafa was born in Naples in 1556, the son of Ottaviano Carafa, lord of Cerza Piccola, by Marzia Mormile. Trained to the clergy, he became an apostolic notary and domestic prelate in the Roman curia. He served on a papal mission to Portugal in 1598–1605, after which Pope Paul V appointed him to the titular see of Damascus on 17 May 1606 and papal nuncio to Flanders on 12 June. He left Rome on 9 July, reached Brussels on 1 September, and was received in audience by the ruling Archdukes Albert and Isabella on 6 September 1606. Carafa served in Flanders for only eight months, his main concern being to encourage the negotiations that led to the Twelve Years' Truce (1609–1621) temporarily ending the Eighty Years' War. In May 1607 he was transferred to Spain, arriving in Madrid on 25 July. He was rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Oddi
Giacomo Oddi (11 November 1679 - 2 May 1770) was an Italian archbishop and cardinal. Biography He was born to a local aristocratic family in Perugia and was ordained a priest on 30 May 1723. He was appointed titular archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia, and was consecrated a bishop on 24 June 1732. On 9 September 1743 he was made a cardinal by pope Benedict XIV, who gave him the titulus of San Girolamo dei Croati on 5 April 1745. He later took part in the 1758 conclave. On 22 September 1749 he was made archbishop ''ad personam'' of Viterbo and Tuscany, an office he held until his death. On 12 January 1756 he was given the titulus of Sant'Anastasia, which he exchanged on 22 November 1758 for that of Santa Maria in Trastevere and on 12 February 1759 for that of Santa Prassede. He finally settled on the titulus of San Lorenzo in Lucina on 21 March 1761 and served as protopresbyterian cardinal from 1763 until his death in Viterbo in 1770. He was buried in Viterbo Cathedral Viterbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Firrao (seniore)
Giuseppe Firrao (1670–1744) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography He is the Great-uncle of Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (iuniore). On 11 Apr 1717, he was consecrated bishop by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach, Bishop of Basel, with Johann Christoph Haus, Titular Bishop of ''Domitiopolis'', and Konrad Ferdinand Geist von Wildegg, Titular Bishop of ''Tricale'', serving as co-consecrators. On 4 October 1733, Pope Clement XII appointed Firrao his Secretary of State.Pastor, pp. 333-334. Episcopal succession While bishop, he was the principal consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ... of: References Bibliography *Cardella, Lorenzo (1794). ''Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa''. Vol.VIII. Rome: Pagliarini, pp. 252–253. *Pastor, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelangelo Dei Conti
Pope Innocent XIII ( la, Innocentius XIII; it, Innocenzo XIII; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 May 1721 to his death in March 1724. He is the last pope to date to take the pontifical name of "Innocent" upon his election. Pope Innocent XIII was reform-oriented, and he imposed new standards of frugality, abolishing excessive spending. He took steps to end the practice of nepotism by issuing a decree which forbade his successors from granting land, offices or income to any relatives – something opposed by many cardinals who hoped that they might become pope and benefit their families. Biography Early life Michelangelo dei Conti was born on 13 May 1655 in Poli, Italy, Poli, near Rome as the son of Carlo II, Duke of Poli, and Isabella d'Monti. Like Pope Innocent III (1198–1216), Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241) and Pope Alexander IV (1254–1261), he was a member of the land-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Cornaro (cardinal)
Giorgio Cornaro or Giorgio Corner (1658–1722) was a Roman Catholic cardinal and member of the Cornaro family. Biography On 11 May 1692, he was consecrated bishop by Giambattista Rubini, Bishop of Vicenza, with Lorenzo Trotti, Bishop of Pavia, and Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia, Titular Archbishop of ''Neocaesarea in Ponto'', serving as co-consecrators. Episcopal succession While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: * Denis Delfino (patriarch) (Dionisio Dolfin), Titular Bishop of ''Lorea'' and Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia (1698); * Angelo Maria Carlini, Titular Archbishop of ''Corinthus'' (1703); *Pietro Barbarigo, Patriarch of Venice (1706); and * Sergio Pola, Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ... of '' Famagusta'' (1706). Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastiano Antonio Tanara
Sebastiano Antonio Tanara (10 April 1650 – 5 May 1724) was an Italian cardinal. He studied law at the university of Bologna. He was internuncio in Flanders (1675-1687) and as, such, he was sent with secret mission to king James II of England, who had converted to Catholicism. In 1687 he was consecrated titular archbishop of Damasco"Damascus (Titular See)" ''''. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016"Titular Metropolitan See of Damascus" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Niccolini
Francesco Niccolini (also ''Nicolini'', 1639 – 1692) was an Italian archbishop and diplomat, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal from 1685 to 1690 and to France from 1690 to 1692. Life Born in Florence in 1639, he was nephew of the archbishop of the city Pietro Niccolini. He graduated in utroque iure in Pisa. He made a rapid career in the administration of the Papal States holding the roles of governor of Fabriano in 1667, of Camerino from May 1668, of Ascoli from April 1669 and Vice-legate of Avignon from 1677 to 1685. Destined for the Nunciature to Portugal, he was appointed titular Archbishop of Rhodes on 10 September 1685 and consecrated bishop in the church of the Jesuit College of Avignon on 16 December 1685 by Jean-Baptiste Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan, coadjutor of the Archbishop of Arles. Francesco Niccolini remained as a nuncio in Portugal until 1690, when he was nominated nuncio to France. Reached Paris, he had his first meeting with the Sun King on November 28 of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Ravizza
Francesco Ravizza (1616–22 May 1675) was an Italian archbishop and diplomat, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal from 1670 to 1673. Life Francesco Ravizza was born to a humble family in Orvieto in 1616. In that town he worked in the sewing shops of his parents, but soon he moved to Rome seeking his fortune. In Rome he succeeded to enter in the service of Olimpia Maidalchini, the powerful sister-in-law of reigning Pope Innocent X. At the death of Innocent X, Ravizza participated to the 1655 papal conclave as secretary of Cardinal Carlo Gualterio; in that conclave Ravizza used in secret to send notes out of the conclave to Olimpia Maidalchini: for this reason he was arrested and passed some time in prison till he was forgiven by the new Pope Alexander VII. Under the new Pope, Ravizza became personal secretary of the cardinal nephew Flavio Chigi. On 28 November 1661 he was appointed as referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace (which made him a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Castracani
Alessandro Castracani or Alessandro Castracane (1580 – 22 July 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fano (1643–1649), Apostolic Collector to Portugal (1634–1640), Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy (1629–1634), and Bishop of Nicastro (1629–1632). Biography Alessandro Castracani was born in Fano, Italy in 1580. On 11 October 1629, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Nicastro and on 11 Oct 1629 as Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy. On 28 October 1629, he was consecrated bishop by Luigi Caetani, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana, with Pietro Francesco Montorio, Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, and Francesco Venturi, Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, serving as co-consecrators. On 22 June 1632, he resigned as Bishop of Nicastro and on 30 July 1634, he resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy. On 30 September 1634, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Apostolic Collector to Portugal where he served until his resignation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta
Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta (also Palotta or Palotto) (23 January, 1594 – 22 January, 1668) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Early life Pallotta was born in 1594 in Caldarola to a well respected family. He was the nephew of Cardinal Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta who left him a considerable inheritance''Pope Alexander the Seventh and the College of Cardinals'' by John Bargrave, edited by James Craigie Robertson (reprint; 2009) which allowed him to be educated and take up an ecclesiastic career in Rome. Governor of Rome He was educated in Perugia and then went to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Paul V.S. Miranda: Giovanni Pallotta He was appointed Governor of Rome by Pope Urban VIII and was recognised as a particularly pious an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Albergati
Antonio Albergati (16 September 1566 – 13 January 1634) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bisceglie (1609–1627), ''(in Latin)'' Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1610–1621), and Apostolic Collector to Portugal (1621–1624). Biography Antonio Albergati, son of the philosopher Fabio, was born in Bologna, Italy on 16 September 1566 and ordained a priest on 2 August 1609. On 3 August 1609, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Bisceglie. On 23 August 1609, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Bishop of Imola, with Domenico Rivarola, Titular Archbishop of ''Nazareth'', and Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno, serving as co-consecrators. On 26 April 1610, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany On 15 September 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Apostolic Collector to Portugal where he served until his resignation in 1624. He served as Bishop of Bisceglie u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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