Giacomo Serra (1570–1623) was a
Catholic cardinal.
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Life
He was a son of the noblewoman Claudia Lomellini and her husband Antonio Maria Serra, deputy to
Genoa's
Nobile Vecchio Portico
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People
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and a senator of
Florence. He moved to Rome, where in January 1601 he was made a clerk to the
Apostolic Camera
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. He was acting governor of
Borgo
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Finland
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France
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Italy
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while that post was vacant in 1605 and three years later was made
nuncio extraordinary to the papal troops in
Hungary. At the end of the latter role he became treasurer general to the Apostolic Camera. In 1606-1608 he commissioned an altarpiece for
Santa Maria in Vallicella
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from
Rubens
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.
On 17 August 1611
Pope Paul V made him a cardinal, granting him the 'diaconi' of
San Giorgio in Velabro on 12 September that year. He then became
papal legate
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to
Ferrara
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in 16 September 1615, holding that post until his death and becoming a frequent patron to the painter
Guercino. In the meantime he became a cardinal priest on 28 September 1615 with the titulus of
Santa Maria della Pace, where he was later buried. He took part in the papal conclaves of
1621
Events
January–March
* January 12 – Şehzade Mehmed, the 15-year old half-brother of Ottoman Sultan Osman II, is put to death by hanging on Osman's orders. Before dying, Mehmed prays aloud that Osman's reign as Sultan be rui ...
and
1623
Events
January–March
* January 21 –
**Viscount Falkland, England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, issues a proclamation ordering all Roman Catholic priests to leave Ireland. The order frustrates negotiations between Protestant En ...
.
References
1570 births
1623 deaths
17th-century Italian cardinals
Clergy from Genoa
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