Marco Antonio Colonna (1523–1597) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and

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Biography

A member of the

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, Marco Antonio Colonna was born in Rome in 1523, the son of Roman

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Camillo Colonna and Vittoria Colonna. He was the grand-nephew of Cardinal Pompeo Colonna. He studied

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and

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under Felice Peretti, who became

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in 1585. On 9 July 1560 he was elected to be Archbishop of Taranto. He was active in the Council of Trent in 1562-63.

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made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 12 March 1565. He received the

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and the titular church of Santi Apostoli on 15 May 1565. He participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V. On 13 October 1568 he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Salerno. In 1572 he participated in the

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that elected Pope Gregory XIII. He resigned the government of the Archdiocese of Salerno sometime before 25 June 1574. During the Jubilee of 1575, he opened the

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of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran. He was the

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from 8 January 1579 to 8 January 1580. On 5 December 1580 he opted for the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli. He was named

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on 25 October 1581. He participated in the papal conclave of 1585 that elected

. On 13 October 1586 he opted for the titular church of

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upon became cardinal

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. Under Pope Sixtus V, he was a prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Index. On 11 May 1587 he opted for the order of cardinal bishops, taking the

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. He was named

to the Campagne and Maritime Province on 13 May 1587. He was a participant in the 1st papal conclave of 1590 that elected

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; the 2nd papal conclave of 1590 that elected

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; the

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that elected Pope Innocent IX; and the

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that elected Pope Clement VIII. He was the Librarian of the Vatican Library from 1591 to 1597. He died in Zagarolo on 13 March 1597. He was buried in the Franciscan church there. While bishop, he was the

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of Lelio Giordano,

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(1570) and

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(1572); and the principal co-consecrator of Gabriele Paleotti,

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(1566).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Colonna, Marco Antonio 1523 births 1597 deaths 16th-century Italian cardinals Marco Antonio Clergy from Rome 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops