Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
Maffeo Gherardi (1406–1492), known as the Cardinal of Venice , was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal .
Life
Coat of arms of Cardinal Maffeo Gherardi
Maffeo Gherardi was born in Venice in 1406, the son of nobles Giovanni Gherardi and Cristina Barbarigo .[ 1]
He entered the Camaldolese Order when young, receiving the habit from Paolo Venerio, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Michael on Murano .[ 1] Gherardi later became abbot of this monastery, and later Abbot General of the Camaldolese Order.[ 1]
In April 1466, the Venetian Senate unanimously elected him to be the Patriarch of Venice . Ambassadors of the Republic of Venice presented his selection to Pope Paul II on 31 October 1467 and the pope confirmed his appointment on 16 December 1468.[ 2] He received the episcopal consecration in San Pietro di Castello on 9 April 1469 by the hands of the bishop of Torcello , Placido Pavanello.[ 3] Gherardi subsequently held this position for the rest of his life.[ 1] His chancellor for many years was Filippo da Rimini .[ 4]
Pope Innocent VIII made him a cardinal priest in pectore in the consistory of 9 March 1489.[ 1] On 3 July 1489 the pope declared that his creation would be published in the next consistory at which cardinals were created, and that if the pope died before such a consistory, he would nevertheless be eligible to participate in the next Papal Conclave .[ 1] Following the death of Pope Innocent VIII, Gherardi traveled to Rome , then in the midst of a sede vacante , arriving on 3 August 1492.[ 1] At the insistence of the Venetian Council of Ten , the College of Cardinals published his creation as a cardinal and allowed him to participate in the papal conclave of 1492 , where he cast the decisive vote in favor of Pope Alexander VI .[ 1] He received as Titular church the deaconry of Santi Sergio e Bacco .[ 5]
On his way back to Venice, he died in Terni on 14 September 1492.[ 3] He is buried in San Pietro di Castello in Venice.[ 6]
References
^ a b c d e f g h Miranda, Salvador . "GHERARDI, O.S.B.Cam., Maffeo (1406-1492)" . The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Florida International University . OCLC 53276621 . Retrieved 13 July 2023 .
^ Del Torre, Giuseppe (2001). "Girardi, Maffeo" . Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 56: Giovanni Di Crescenzio–Giulietti (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana . ISBN 978-8-81200032-6 .
^ a b David Cheney. "Maffeo Cardinal Gherardi" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 13 July 2023 .
^ Margaret L. King , Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance (Princeton University Press, 1985), p. 407.
^ Thomas Ripoll (ed.), Bullarium ordinis praedicatorum , vol. 4, Rome 1732, p. 191
^ Niero, Antonio (1961). I patriarchi di Venezia: da Lorenzo Giustiniani ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Venezia: Studium cattolico veneziano. pp. 45–48.
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