Giacopo Antonio Venier

Not to be confused with Antonio Venier (d. 1400), Doge of Venice.
Giacopo Antonio Venier
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Church Catholic Church
In office 1476–1479
Predecessor Bartolomeo Roverella
Successor Domenico della Rovere
Orders
Consecration 22 Dec 1465
by Guillaume Cardinal d'Estouteville
Created Cardinal 17 May 1473
Rank Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born 1422
Recanati, Italy
Died 3 Aug 1479 (age 57)
Cuenca, Spain
Nationality Italian
Previous post Cardinal-Priest of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (1473–1476)
Bishop of Cuenca (1469–1479)
Bishop of León (1464–1469)
Bishop of Siracusa (1462–1464)

Giacopo Antonio Venier (1422–1479) (called the Cardinal of Cuenca) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Biography

Giacopo Antonio Venier was born in Recanati in 1422.[1][2] After obtaining a doctorate in law, he moved to Rome to become a papal scriptor.[1] He later became a cleric in the Apostolic Camera.[1]

On September 15, 1460, Alfonso V of Aragon named him Bishop of Siracusa.[1] Pope Pius II confirmed this appointment on January 9, 1462.[1] On September 16, 1464, he was transferred to the see of León, with Venier taking possession of the bishopric on October 7.[1] He was consecrated as a bishop on December 22, 1465 in the church of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine in Rome by Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville, Archbishop of Rouen.[1] Pope Paul II named Venier nuncio to Henry IV of Castile, who resent Venier to Rome as his ambassador.[1] In 1460, he became the pope's nuncio to Francesco I Sforza in Milan.[1] He was transferred to the see of Cuenca on October 6, 1469, taking possession of the see on August 7, 1470.[1] He occupied this see until his death.[1]

In the consistory of May 7, 1473, Pope Sixtus IV made Venier a cardinal priest.[1] On May 10, 1473, he received the red hat in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore; and on May 17, he received the titulus of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (a deaconry raised pro illa vice to titulus).[1] He opted for the titular church of the Basilica di San Clemente on December 3, 1476.[1]

He died in Recanati on August 3, 1479.[1] He was transferred to Rome and buried in the Basilica di San Clemente on August 12, 1479.[1]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Alfonso de Fonseca, Bishop of Ávila (1470).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Biography from the Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
  2. 1 2 "Giacopo Antonio Cardinal Venier" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2017
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