Giovanni Battista Mellini
Giovanni Battista Mellini (1405–1478) (called the Cardinal of Urbino) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Giovanni Battista Mellini was born in Rome on June 9, 1405, the son of a noble family.[1] He received funds from Pope Martin V to study law.[1]
When he was seven years old, Antipope John XXIII made him a canon of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.[1] He resigned this canonry during the pontificate of Pope Nicholas V, who made him economous of St. Peter's Basilica.[1] He served as Abbreviatore de parco maggiore under Pope Eugene IV; as corrector of papal letters under Pope Pius II; and as papal datary under Pope Paul II.[1]
On April 27, 1468, he was elected Bishop of Urbino.[1] He subsequently held this see until his death.[1]
In the consistory of December 16, 1476, Pope Sixtus IV made him a cardinal priest.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo on December 30, 1476.[1]
On January 1, 1477, the pope named him papal legate in the Duchy of Milan and Lombardy, with full powers to keep following the December 26, 1476 death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza.[1] Cardinal Mellini left for this legation on January 27, 1477, and returned to Rome on May 9.[1]
He died in Rome on July 24, 1478.[1] He was buried in St Peter's Basilica but his tomb was later transferred to the Mellini family chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 Biography from the Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church