Marcantonio Maffei (29 November 1521 – 22 August 1583) was an

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and cardinal.

Background

Marcantonio Maffei was born in Bergamo on 29 November 1521, the son of

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Girolamo Maffei and Antonia Mattei. His older brother Bernardino Maffei was also a cardinal, and his nephews

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and

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. He was educated at the

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, becoming a

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in September 1547. He then moved to

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and in 1549, became a consistorial lawyer. He also became a

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of the

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. In 1552, he was vice-governor of

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Archbishop of Chieti

He was elected

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on 14 July 1553; he succeeded his brother Barnardino Maffei as archbishop. Around 1554, he became a

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of the Apostolic Signatura. He was the Governor of Viterbo from 27 September 1555 until 1557. From 1560 until January 1566, he was the

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of the

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; he later served as Vicar General of Rome.

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made him his nuncio before the

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. In 1566, he was appointed Datary of His Holiness, maintaining that position until 1570. Sometime before 14 January 1568 he resigned the administration of his archbishopric. Following the death of Maffei's brother Achille, Maffei was given his canonry in

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on 29 July 1568. He became a Domestic Chaplain of His Holiness in October 1569.

Cardinal Priest

Pope Pius V made him a

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in the

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of 17 May 1570. He received the red hat and the

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. He attended the papal conclave of 1572 that elected

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. Under the new pope he was the

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of the Chancery of Apostolic Briefs. He died in Rome on 22 August 1583. He was buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of:"Marcantonio Cardinal Maffei"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 9, 2017 * Angelo Cattani da Diacceto, Bishop of Fiesole (1566); *

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(1567); * Girolamo Cardinal Rusticucci, Bishop of Senigallia (1570); * Ludovico de Torres,

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of: *

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(1568); * Annibal de Ruccellai,

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(1569); and *

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(1570).

References

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