Italian
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Catholic
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Cesi family
The Cesi family is an Italian noble family from Umbria.
Origins
The Cesi family takes its surname from Cesi.
The fieldom of Cesi was originally part of the Lombard Duchy of Spoleto.
The Cesi fief was of the Arnolfi family, the chief seat o ...
. He is sometimes referred to as ''Pier Donato Cesi, seniore'' (senior) to differentiate between him and his relative Pier Donato Cesi ''iuniore'' (1583–1656).
In 1570 he was elevated to the Cardinalate and installed as Cardinal-Priest of Santa Barbara then San Vitale and finally
Sant'Anastasia
Sant'Anastasia ( nap, Santa Nastàsë) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples.
Sant'Anastasia borders the following municipalities: Casalnuovo di Napoli ...
in 1584.
He bought in 1565 together with his brother Cardinal Ottavio Cesi, bishop of Todi, the Palazzo Armellini in Borgo, and took charge of the restructuring, relying for the new project to
Martino Longhi the Elder Martino Longhi the Elder (1534–1591) was an Italian architect, the father of Onorio Longhi and the grandfather of Martino Longhi the Younger. He is also known as ''Martino Lunghi''.
He was born in Viggiù into a family of architects, and initiall ...
, who between 1570 and 1588 oversaw the renovation in its present form.Gigli (1992) p. 110 Being like his brother an art lover, he hosted in his palace a large antiques collection and a large library.
Cesi was nominated at the
Papal conclave of 1585
The 1585 papal conclave (21–24 April), convoked after the death of Pope Gregory XIII, elected Cardinal Felice Peretti Montalto (O.F.M.Conv), who took the name ''Sixtus V''. Forty-two of the sixty cardinals participated in the conclave. The absen ...
but was not elected.
While bishop, he was the
principal co-consecrator
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of
Filippo Maria Campeggi
Filippo Maria Campeggi (1512–1584) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Feltre (1559–1584). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
Filippo Maria Campeggi was born in 1512 in Bologna, Italy.
On 16 Apr 1546, he was appointed during the pap ...
Bishop of Feltre The Italian Catholic diocese of Feltre, in the Veneto existed from 1462 to 1818. It was then united into the diocese of Belluno e Feltre. It had previously had an independent existence, up to 1197.Giulio Sauli,
Bishop of Brugnato
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brugnato (Latin: ''Dioecesis Brugnatensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Brugnato in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria of Italy. On 25 November 1820, it was united with an ...