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Nicaea (titular See)
The Archdiocese of Nicaea (; gr, Νίκαια ) is a presently ''sede vacante'' titular see, titular archdiocese of the Latin Church in the Catholic Church. Historically associated with the territorial episcopal see in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey), the city which hosted the Council of Nicaea (other), Councils of Nicaea which resulted in multiple infallible statements and the creation of the now famous Nicene Creed which is recited at every Mass (liturgy), Mass, Divine Liturgy, and Holy Qurbana. Bishops List of titular bishops: * Titular Archbishop Giovanni Bessarione (1437 – 1440) * Titular Archbishop Jean di Pranga (10 Oct 1444 – 7 May 1446) * Titular Archbishop Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão - (23 Jan 1555 – 1577) * Titular Archbishop Giovanni Beltrano De Ghevara - (16 Jan 1573.01.16 – ?) * Titular Archbishop Vincentius Quatrimanus - (13 Aug 1592 – ?) * Titular Archbishop Bernardino Piccoli - (15 Dec 1621 – 2 Oct 1627) * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1 March 1690 – 28 August 1756) was an Italian nobleman and Catholic cardinal. Biography Gonzaga was born in Mantua. He served as papal nuncio to Flanders, 1731–1736, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1738 by Pope Clement XII. On 15 May 1747 he was given the titular church of San Callisto. He died in Viterbo. He was known as a patron of arts and sciences, and his villa outside of Porta Pia had a botanical collection. He owned a large library, collected the latest instruments of measurement, and sponsored literary salons. He owned a large collection of paintings (including the ''Portrait of Lorenzo Cybo''), which, after his death, was sold on 18 May 1763 at Amsterdam and the paintings by Salvator Rosa and Francesco Solimena Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. Biography Francesco Solimena was born in ... [...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] |
Ferdinando Nuzzi
Ferdinando Nuzzi (1645 – 1717) was a Catholic cardinal who served as officer of the Papal States and as Bishop of Orvieto from 1716 to his death. Life Ferdinando Nuzzi was born in Orte on 10 September 1645 to a family of Todi. At the age of ten he moved to Rome where he studied by the Jesuits in the Roman College. He graduated in utroque iure at Sapienza University of Rome. Based in Rome, he took up a career in the administration of the Papal States, without standing out at the beginning also because his family was not noble. From 1688 for ten years he worked at the Apostolic Camera (the central board of finance in the Papal States). After, he worked two years in the Holy Office and then he returned to the Apostolic Camera with the title of ''Cleric''. From 1702 to 1706 he was made responsible of the ''Annona'' with the responsibility for the grain supply to the city of Rome: he distinguished himself for having built new granaries, having appointed architect Carlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommaso Ruffo
Tommaso Ruffo (1663-1753) was an Italian archbishop of Ferrara and Cardinal. Life He was born in Naples, son of Carlo Ruffo, 3rd Duke of Bagnara. He was educated at La Sapienza University, becoming a doctor of canon and civil law. He was a papal diplomat, elected titular archbishop of Nicaea in 1698. On 13 Apr 1698, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Michelangelo dei Conti, Titular Archbishop of ''Tarsus'', and Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of ''Larissa in Thessalia'', serving as co-consecrators. He was created cardinal-priest in 1706, despite having a cousin Giacomo Boncompagni in the College of Cardinals, with the title of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna. Having served as a papal legate, he became archbishop of Ferrara in 1717. He took part in the papal conclave, 1721 and the papal conclave, 1724. He became bishop of Palestrina in 1726 and participated in the papal conclave, 1730. He was bishop of Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini
Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini (1639–1699) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini was born on 16 Feb 1639 in Rome. On 30 Jun 1692, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of ''Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto'', and Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Titular Archbishop of ''Larissa in Thessalia'', serving as co-consecrators 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, .... Cavallerini died on 18 Feb 1699 in Rome, Italy. References 1639 births 1699 deaths 17th-century Italian cardinals Apostolic nuncios to France {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasparo Carpegna
Gaspare Carpegna (8 April 1625 – 6 May 1714) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Early life Gaspare was born in 1625 in Rome. His mother was from the Spada family. He was a relative of the Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna of the Holy Roman Catholic Church who died in 1679. He was born in Rome on 8 May 1625, in the family of the Counts of Carpegna, the Montefeltro. The mother was a descendant of the aristocratic Spada family. Ecclesiastic career He was indirectly linked to Pope Clement X Altieri, since the pope's nephew had married Carpegna's sister. This pope elevated him to the rank of cardinal in the consistory of 1670. He was made a cardinal on 29 December 1670. He was known for assembling a large library, as well as a medallion and coin collection. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardino Piccoli
Bernardino Piccoli (1581–1636) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Strongoli (1627–1636) ''(in Latin)'' and Titular Archbishop of ''Nicaea'' (1622–1627). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Bernardino Piccoli was born in Umbriatico, Italy, in 1581. On 15 December 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Titular Archbishop of ''Nicaea'' and Coadjutor Bishop of Strongoli. On 2 January 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Verallo, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino, with Muzio Cinquini, Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, and Girolamo Ricciulli, Bishop of Belcastro, serving as co-consecrators 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, .... On 2 October 1627, he succeeded to the bishopric of Strongoli. He served as Bishop of Strongoli u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |