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San Callisto
San Callisto ( en, Saint Callixtus, la, S. Calixti) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, Italy, built over the site of Pope Callixtus I's martyrdom (c. AD 222). The original building dates from the time of Pope Gregory III (r. 731–741), who ordered the building of a church on the site. The church has been rebuilt twice since, first in the twelfth century, and the current church in 1610. In 1458 Callixtus III decreed it a titular church as a seat for Cardinals. Established in 1517, the ''Titulus San Calixti'' is currently held by Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk. GCatholic.org Architecture The seventeenth-century facade carried the coat of arms of Paul V. The church has a single aisle with a cha ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Francesco Armellini Pantalassi De' Medici
Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici (13 July 1470 – 8 January 1528) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a member of the Roman Curia. Life Medici was born in Perugia, Umbria. He was made a cardinal on the 6 July 1517 by Pope Leo X, to the titular church of San Callisto. This was his fifth consistory. He was bishop of Gerace e Oppido in 1517, and archbishop of Taranto in 1525. He was bishop of Gallipoli. In the rione Borgo the cardinal let built a magnificent palace bearing his name. The historian Paolo Giovio wrote that the exactions and greed that the Cardinal showed in running the papal finances, as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church The Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church is an office of the papal household that administers the property and revenues of the Holy See. Formerly, his responsibilities included the fiscal administration of the Patrimony of Saint Peter. As regul ... from 1521, had played a large part in causing the 1527 sack ... [...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. 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 Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history .... 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 dispersed in several locations. References 1690 births 1756 deaths Clergy from Mantua 18th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Cardinal Secretaries of State M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianantonio Davia
Gianantonio Davia (13 October 1660 – 11 January 1740) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as an apostolic nuncio, Bishop/Archbishop, cardinal, and secretary of a major department (congregration) of the Roman Curia. Biography Davia was born in Bologna to a prominent family, whose name is also spelled as D'Avia and De Via. He was educated in both canon and civil law at the University of Bologna, and early in life, served as a magistrate and a soldier in the war between Venice and the Ottomans in 1684, where he took part in the siege of Santa Maura. He then moved to Rome, where he rose rapidly in the ecclesiastical ranks, despite never attending seminary. He served as nuncio in Cologne, Poland, and ultimately Austria by 1700, only to be expelled from Vienna after the death of Emperor Leopold I by his successor, Emperor Joseph I, in May 1706. On May 18, 1712; he was named a cardinal. He participated in the conclaves of 1721, 1724, and 1730. In 1727, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrizio Spada
Fabrizio Spada (Rome, 17 March 1643 – Rome, 15 June 1717) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and served as Secretary of State under Pope Innocent XII. Life Born on March 17, 1643 in Rome, he was the son of Orazio Spada and Veralli Maria. He was also a great-nephew of Cardinal Bernardino Spada and a nephew of Cardinal Giambattista Spada on his father's side, and a nephew of Cardinal Fabrizio Verallo on his mother's side. His sister, Eugenia Spada (1639–1717) married Girolamo Mattei, Duca di Giove of the House of Mattei. Spada completed his studies as a doctor of law ("''in utroque iure''") at the University of Perugia in 1664; after which he took holy orders on December 22, 1669. He was subsequently appointed referendary to the Apostolic Signatura and Lay Abbot of the monastery of Santa Maria d' Attilia, in the diocese of San Severino. In 1672 he became titular Latin Archbishop of Patras but had to obtain a dispensation because he was still below canon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Vidoni
Pietro Vidoni (8 November 1610 – 5 January 1681) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal who served from 1652 to 1660 as the papal legate and nuncio to Poland. Personal life Vidoni was born 8 November 1610 in Cremona into Italian nobility, noble family. He studied at several Italian universities and received his doctorate, before moving to Rome and pursuing an ecclesiastical career. Ecclesiastical service During the pontiff, pontificate of Pope Urban VIII, Vidoni was appointed as the governor of Rimini, Tivoli, Italy, Tivoli, Sabina (region), Sabina, Orvieto and Spoleto On 30 May 1652, Vidoni was appointed nuncio, Apostolic Nuncio from Pope Innocent X to King John II Casimir Vasa of Poland., a position he held until his elevation to Cardinal in 1660. He was caught in the invasion of Poland by King Gustavus Adolfus of Sweden. He conducted the Mass (liturgy), holy mass in the Latin Cathedral, Lviv, Latin Cathedral of Lwów, during which Polish King John II Casimir Vasa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François De La Rochefoucauld (cardinal)
François de La Rochefoucauld (8 December 1558 – 14 February 1645) was a French Cardinal and an "important figure in the French Counter Reformation church".Yale University Press review of Bergin's book Life François de La Rochefoucauld was born 8 December 1558, the second of four sons of Charles de La Rochefoucald, Count of Randan, and Fulvie Pico della Mirandola, and the nephew of Jean de La Rochefoucald, abbot of Marmoutier. When François was three years old, his father was killed at the Siege of Rouen and the family returned to the household of Queen Caterina de Medici of France. La Rochefoucauld attended the Collége de Marmotier, in Paris and then the Jesuit Collège de Clermont (later renamed Lycée Louis-le-Grand by Louis XIV) in Paris from 1572–1579. In 1569 he was named Vicar general to Cardinal Louis de Lorraine de Guise in the abbey of Tournus. Bishop On 29 July 1585 he was appointed bishop of Clermont, though he needed special Papal dispensation for no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianpaolo Della Chiesa
Gianpaolo Della Chiesa (1521–1575) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Gianpaolo Della Chiesa was born in Tortona in 1521. He was a relative of Pope Pius V. He was educated at the University of Padua and the University of Pavia, becoming a doctor of both laws. He then moved to Milan to practice law. There, he gained a reputation as a renowned lawyer. He later traveled to Spain, where he defended Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, 3rd Duke of Terranova in his trial before Philip II of Spain. The king was so impressed with Della Chiesa that he made him a senator of Milan and governor of Pavia for two years. After the death of his wife, he was sent to Rome by the Senate of Milan to attempt to settle its dispute with Cardinal Charles Borromeo. He gained the appreciation of the pope who made him commendatory abbot of S. Pietro di Muleggio. He also became a Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura. When Pope Pius V became pope, he initially offered to make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Nicolini
Angelo Nicolini (1505–1567) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. He began his career as a politician and lawyer and entered the priesthood after his wife died. He was named cardinal by Pope Pius IV and participated in the election of his successor, Pope Pius V. Biography Angelo Nicolini was born in Florence in 1505, the son of Matteo Nicolini. He attended the University of Pisa, becoming a doctor of both laws in 1523. In 1530, he married Alessandra di Vincenzo Ugolini; the couple had four children before his wife's death in 1550. He was a counselor to Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who entrusted him with many important missions and made him a senator. He was the ambassador of Duchy of Florence to the court of Pope Paul III, and then, in 1538, to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He became governor of Siena in 1557. After his wife's death, he entered the service of the church, becoming a priest. On 14 July 1564 he was elected Archbishop of Pisa. Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte
Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte ( – 1577) was a notorious Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal whose relationship with Pope Julius III (born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte) caused grave scandal in the early 16th century. Born in Borgo San Donnino (now Fidenza) to a beggar-woman and an unknown father, he was picked up in the street by Cardinal Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte and given a position in the household of the Cardinal's brother, Baldovino. Cardinal Giovanni del Monte was elected Pope in 1550, taking the name Julius III. He subsequently arranged for Baldovino to adopt Innocenzo, and appointed him as Cardinal-Nephew – the papacy's chief diplomatic and political agent. He proved totally unsuited to any of these offices, and his continuing relationship with Julius, whose bed he openly shared, created considerable scandal both inside and outside the Church. After Julius's death, he was shunned and ignored. Despite committing both rape and murder, he managed to retain his cardina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovico Madruzzo
200px, Portrait of Ludovico Madruzzo by Giovanni Battista Moroni. Art Institute, Chicago.">Chicago.html" ;"title="Giovanni Battista Moroni. Art Institute, Chicago">Giovanni Battista Moroni. Art Institute, Chicago. Ludovico Madruzzo (1532–1600) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal and statesman, the Imperial crown-cardinal and Prince-Bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, Bishopric of Trento (involving the secular rule as well as church duties). Biography Born in Trento, he was the son of baron Niccolò Madruzzo and Helene of Lanberg, and nephew of Cristoforo Madruzzo, Prince-Bishop of Trento. He studied at the universities of Leuven and Paris. In 1550 his uncle Cristoforo, named Governor of Milan, entrusted him the administration of the Bishopric of Trento, where the Council of Trent had been in intermittent progress since 1545; it was to continue until 1563. After numerous important diplomatic and political experiences (including the mourning di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Tagliavia D’Aragonia
Pietro Tagliavia d'Aragonia (died 1558) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Pietro Tagliavia d'Aragonia was born in Palermo ca. 1500, the son of Giovanni Vincenzo Tagliavia, count of Castelvecchio and Beatrice d'Aragonia e Cruillas. Early in his career, he was a cleric in Mazara del Vallo. On May 28, 1537, he was elected Bishop of Agrigento, receiving the indult to receive episcopal consecration on June 6, 1537. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Palermo on October 10, 1544. As a bishop, he participated in the Council of Trent from 1545 to 1547 and in 1551–52. Pope Julius III made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of December 22, 1553. He was not a participant in the papal conclave of April 1555 that elected Pope Marcellus II, but he did participate in the papal conclave of May 1555 that elected Pope Paul IV. He received the red hat and the titular church of San Callisto on July 17, 1555. He died in Palermo on August 5, 1558. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
