Federico Cornaro (senior)

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]

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

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

• Catholic Church in Italy

References

1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 267, 133, and 316. (in Latin)
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. Cheney, David M. "Federico Cardinal Cornaro (Sr.), O.S.Io.Hieros". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

Sources and external links

• 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.