Marcantonio Barbarigo (6 March 1640 – 26 May 1706) was an Italian cardinal of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He was the founder of the Pontifical Institute of the
Religious Teachers Filippini The Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini (abbreviated as M.P.F. from the it, Maestre Pie Filippini), known also as the Sisters of St. Lucy Filippini, or simply the Filippini Sisters, is a Catholic religious institute devoted t ...
and also founded both the Religious Teachers Filippini of Montefiascone and the Augustinian Sisters of Divine Love. He was the great-uncle of
Pope Clement XIII
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and was a relative of
Gregorio Barbarigo
Gregorio Giovanni Gaspare Barbarigo (16 September 1625 – 18 June 1697) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Bishop of Bergamo and later as the Bishop of Padua. He was a frontrunner in both the 1689 and 1691 papal concla ...
.
In the process towards sainthood
Pope Benedict XVI
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approved that he lived a life of
heroic virtue
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and bestowed upon him the title of
Venerable
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Christianity
Cathol ...
in 2007.
Biography
Marcantonio Barbarigo was born on 6 March 1640 in
Venice
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. Barbarigo studied in
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
where he earned a doctorate in both
canon law
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and
civil law. He abandoned a successful diplomatic career in order to follow his religious vocation.
Bishop of Corfu
Barbarigo was ordained to the
priesthood in Padua and
Pope Innocent XI
Pope Innocent XI ( la, Innocentius XI; it, Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 to his death on August 12, 1689.
Poli ...
later appointed him as the
Bishop of Corfu in 1678. His relative
Gregorio Barbarigo
Gregorio Giovanni Gaspare Barbarigo (16 September 1625 – 18 June 1697) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Bishop of Bergamo and later as the Bishop of Padua. He was a frontrunner in both the 1689 and 1691 papal concla ...
bestowed upon him
episcopal consecration
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in the Roman church of
Santa Maria in Vallicella
Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the corner of Via della Chiesa Nuova. It is the principal church of the Oratorians, ...
on 26 June 1678 and he was granted the
pallium
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the following month. There he established a seminary for the training of young priests. In August 1684, the Venetian fleet anchored at Corfu was stricken with cholera. Barbarigo spent his days in the hospital ministering to the sick and dying.
Montefiascone and Corneto
Pope Innocent XI elevated him into the cardinalate on 2 September 1686 as the
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
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. He was transferred to the see of
Montefiascone and Corneto in 1687 with the title of Archbishop. He established an orphanage in Corneto which was subsequently named "Orfanotrofio Barbarigo" in his honor.
[
In 1685 ]Rose Venerini
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established a school for girls in Viterbo. Cardinal Barbarigo invited Venerini to come to his diocese to give advice on the administration of schools in the diocese and to help train teachers. From 1692 to 1694, Venerini opened ten schools in Montefiascone and the villages surrounding Lake Bolsena
Lake Bolsena ( it, Lago di Bolsena) is a lake of volcanic origin in the northern part of the province of Viterbo called ''Alto Lazio'' ("Upper Latium") or ''Tuscia'' in central Italy. It is the largest volcanic lake in Europe. Roman historic ...
. The cardinal rented a house for Venerini and her school, and provided the material means; Rosa trained the teachers, and organized the schools.
When she had to return to Viterbo to attend to her first school, Venerini entrusted the Montefiascone schools and the teachers to the direction of a young woman, Lucy Filippini
Lucy Filippini ( it, Santa Lucia Filippini; 13 January 1672 – 25 March 1732) is venerated as a Catholic saint. She founded ''the Institute of the Maestre Pie'', dedicated to the education of young girls.
Life
Lucy Filippini was born on 13 ...
, whom the cardinal had entrusted with the leadership of the project in his diocese. Filippini organized the teachers of that diocese as a separate religious congregation
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known as the Religious Teachers Filippini The Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini (abbreviated as M.P.F. from the it, Maestre Pie Filippini), known also as the Sisters of St. Lucy Filippini, or simply the Filippini Sisters, is a Catholic religious institute devoted t ...
.
He participated in the papal conclave of 1689 which resulted in the election of Pope Alexander VIII
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and also partook in the conclave of 1691 that saw the election of Pope Innocent XII
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He ...
. He later opted to be the Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in 1697 and partook in the papal conclave of 1700 that saw the election of Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI ( la, Clemens XI; it, Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721.
Clement XI w ...
.
Barbarigo died on 26 May 1706 at 10:00am in Montefiascone in the residence of the bishop. He was buried in the tomb where bishops of the see were buried but was later transferred to another church and his heart placed in the Montefiascone seminary
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.[ ]
Sainthood
The cause of beatification was introduced on 23 March 1941 and bestowed on him the title of Servant of God
"Servant of God" is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint.
Terminology
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and the Positio
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Des ...
was forwarded to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
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in 2006. Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
approved that he lived a life of heroic virtue
Heroic virtue is a phrase coined by Augustine of Hippo to describe the virtue of early Christian martyrs and used by the Catholic Church. The Greek pagan term hero described a person with possibly superhuman abilities and great goodness, and "it ...
and proclaimed him to be Venerable
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Christianity
Cathol ...
on 6 July 2007.
Episcopal succession
Augustinian Sisters of Divine Love
Cardinal Barbarigo founded the Congregation of the Augustinian Sisters of Divine Love in Montefiasconi, Italy on September 13, 1705. The sisters run the "Casa per ferie Mater Mundi", a residence for students of the Italian /institute for Classical Studies, affiliated with the Pontificium Institutum Altioris Latinitatis.
References
Books
* Bergamaschi, Pietro (1912). ''Vita del Servo di Dio Cardinale Marc'Antonio Barbarigo''. Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Roma. 2 vols.
External links
*
Hagiography Circle
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1640 births
1706 deaths
17th-century Italian cardinals
17th-century venerated Christians
17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Republic of Venice clergy
Marcantonio
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Venerated Catholics by Pope Benedict XVI