Federico Cornaro (senior)

Cardinal
Federico Cornaro
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Bishop of Bergamo
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Padua
In office 1577–1590
Predecessor Nicolò Ormanetto
Successor Marco Cornaro
Orders
Created cardinal 15 January 1586
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born 9 June 1531
Venice, Italy
Died 4 October 1590
Padua, Italy
Nationality Italian

Federico Cornaro (9 June 1531 – 4 October 1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio (1586–1590), Bishop of Padua (1577–1590), Bishop of Bergamo (1561–1577), and Bishop of Trogir (1560-1561).[1][2]


Biography

Federico Cornaro was born in Venice, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.[3]

On 27 March 1560, he was appointed Bishop of Trogir by Pope Pius IV.[1][3] On 15 January 1561, he was transferred by Pope Pius IV to the diocese of Bergamo.[1][3] On 19 July 1577, he was appointed Bishop of Padua by Pope Gregory XIII.[1][3]

On 18 December 1585, he was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Sixtus V and installed on 15 January 1586 as Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio.[3]

He served as Bishop of Padua until his death on 4 October 1590.[1][3] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Bernardo de Benedictis, Bishop of Castellaneta (1585).[3]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Miranda, Salvador. "CORNARO, seniore, O.S.Io.Hieros., Federico (1531-1590)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cheney, David M. "Federico Cardinal Cornaro (Sr.), O.S.Io.Hieros". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  • Caprioli, Adriano (1988). Diocesi di Bergamo (in Italian). Brescia: La Scuola. pp. 170 ff. ISBN 978-88-350-7759-6.
  • Cardella, Lorenzo (1793). Memorie storiche de' cardinali della santa romana Chiesa (in Italian). Tomo quinto (5). Rome: Pagliarini. pp. 234–235.
  • Carlsmith, Christopher (2010). A Renaissance Education: Schooling in Bergamo and the Venetian Republic, 1500-1650. University of Toronto Press. pp. 148, 161, 180. ISBN 978-0-8020-9254-0.
  • Cornaro, Federico (1580). Constitutiones et decreta ... Federici Cornelii Patavii episcopi in diœcesana Synodo promulgatae die XXX Aprilis, prima et secunda Mai, MDLXXIX: Adjectis in fine, quae a confessariis et concionatoribus urbis et diœcesis maxime sunt animadvertenda (in Latin). Padua.
  • Maifreda, Germano (2016). The Business of the Roman Inquisition in the Early Modern Era. New York-London: Routledge-Taylor & Francis. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-1-317-03463-6.


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Cristoforo de Nigris		 Bishop of Trogir
1560–1561		 Succeeded by
Luigi Cornaro
Preceded by
Luigi Cornaro		 Bishop of Bergamo
1561-1577		 Succeeded by
Gerolamo Ragazzoni
Preceded by
Nicolò Ormanetto		 Bishop of Padua
1577–1590		 Succeeded by
Marco Cornaro
Preceded by
Matthieu Cointerel		 Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
1586–1590		 Succeeded by
Antonio Maria Sauli
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