Carlo Pio di Savoia (7 April 1622 – 13 February 1689) was an
Italian Catholic Cardinal
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Animals
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
of the
Pio di Savoia family. He was the nephew of Cardinal
Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia
Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia (5 January 1585 in Ferrara – 1 June 1641 in Rome) was an Italian cardinal of the Pio di Savoia family. He was the uncle of Cardinal Carlo Pio di Savoia.
Life
His father was Enea Pio di Savoia, Signore di Sassuolo ...
.
Early life
Pio was born 7 April 1622, the son of Ascanio
Pio di Savoia and Eleonora
Mattei.
At age 17, Pio went to
Rome and then travelled throughout Europe until 1641. Thereafter he joined the army of the
Duke of Ferrara as a
colonel but was captured by the
Florentines in Moncessino. He was released at the end of the war and was appointed
treasurer-general of the
Apostolic Chamber
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in 1650. Two years later he bought a position (as was the custom) as personal treasurer to
Pope Innocent X.
On 5 Sep 1655, he was
consecrated
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bishop by
Giambattista Spada
Giambattista Spada or Giovanni Battista Spada (28 August 1597 – 23 January 1675) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
On 23 August 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Bishop of Lucca, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, ...
,
Cardinal-Priest of
Santa Susanna, with
Carlo Nembrini
Carlo Nembrini (1611 – 16 August 1677) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Parma (1651–1677). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
Carlo Nembrini was born in Ancona, Italy in 1611.
On 1 July 1651, he was appointed during the papacy of ...
,
Bishop of Parma, and
Giacomo Theodoli
Giacomo Theodoli or Giacomo Teodolo (1594–1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Forlì, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Forlì (1635–1665) ''(in Latin)''
and Archbishop of Amalfi (1625–1635). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
Gi ...
,
Bishop of Forlì, serving as
co-consecrators
A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop.
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.
Ecclesiastic career
On 2 March 1654 he was elevated to cardinal by Pope Innocent and was appointed
Cardinal-deacon of the church of
Santa Maria in Domnica. Over the subsequent two decades he was appointed to various churches as Cardinal-deacon and Cardinal-priest including:
*Cardinal-deacon of
Sant'Eustachio (11 February 1664)
*Cardinal-priest of
Santa Prisca (14 November 1667)
*Cardinal-priest of
San Crisogono (28 January 1675)
*Cardinal-priest of
S. Maria in Trastevere (1 December 1681)
*Cardinal-bishop of Sabina (15 February 1683)
Between 1673 and his death in 1689, he served as
Cardinal-protector of
Austria.
References
Sources
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1622 births
1689 deaths
17th-century Italian cardinals
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