Marcantonio Gozzadini
| Marcantonio Cardinal Gozzadini † | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Faenza, Cardinal priest of Sant'Agata dei Goti | |
| See | Diocese of Faenza |
| Installed | June 7, 1623—September 1, 1623 |
| Predecessor | sede vacante |
| Successor | Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri |
| Other posts | Previously Bishop of Tivoli |
| Orders | |
| Consecration |
13 March 1622 by Ludovico Ludovisi |
| Created Cardinal | July 21, 1621 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1574 Bologna, Italy |
| Died |
September 1, 1623 (age 49) Rome |
Marcantonio Gozzadini (1574 – September 1, 1623) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.
Biography
He was born in Bologna into a patrician family. He was a cousin of Pope Gregory XV.
He studied canon and civil law at the University of Bologna and started both his judicial and ecclesiastical career there, but in 1616 he was transferred to Rome as advocate of the Roman Curia.
Gozzadini was created cardinal priest in the consistory of July 21, 1621 and opted for the title of Sant'Eusebio. He was also made Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta by Pope Gregory XV.
In 1621 he was elected Bishop of Tivoli and opted for the title of S. Agata in Suburra, May 23, 1623. On 13 March 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Ludovico Ludovisi, Archbishop of Bologna, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canos, and Ulpiano Volpi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators.[1] On June 7, 1623 he was transferred to the Diocese of Faenza. Gozzadini participated in the Papal conclave of 1623.
He died in Rome in 1623.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[1]
- Alessandro d'Este, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1622);
- Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, Bishop of Termia (1622);
- Andrea Caputo, Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia (1622);
- Giovanni de La Bronda, Bishop of Ampurias e Civita (1622);
- Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau, Archbishop of Prague (1623);
- Ottaviano Garzadori, Bishop of Boiano (1623);
- Ovidio Lupari, Bishop of Teano (1623);
- Clemente Confetti (Confetto), Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1623);
- Giovanni Francesco Gandolfo, Bishop of Ventimiglia (1623);
- Pace Giordano (Pax Jordanus), Bishop of Trogir (1623);
- Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro, Bishop of Bergamo (1623);
- Julius Benigni, Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1623); and
- Franciscus Buratti, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1623).
References
- 1 2 "Marco Antonio Cardinal Gozzadini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 8, 2017