Alessandro Campeggi
Alessandro Campeggi (also Alessandro Campeggio , born April 12, 1504 in Bologna , † September 21, 1554 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal .
Life
He was the son of Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio , who had been married before entering the clergy and had five children with his wife Francesca Guastavillani, who died in 1509. The young Alessandro was home schooled where he studied Italian literature , Latin , Greek, philosophy and theology before starting his studies at the University of Padua . As early as March 19, 1526, after the resignation of his predecessor Elekt of Bologna , he was appointed administrator of the diocese until he reached the canonical age of 27. His ordinations were postponed on December 11, 1529 and again on April 10, 1540, until he was finally admitted to ordination on July 19, 1541.
On July 31, 1541, Alessandro Campeggi received first the priestly and then the episcopal ordination - contrary to tradition, both ordinations on the same day - by Ottaviano de Castello , Bishop of San Leone and Episcopal Vicar of San Michele in Bosco near Bologna Cardinal Giovanni Salviati for Ferrara ; Co -consecrators were Agostino Zanetti , auxiliary bishop in Bologna, and an unknown bishop of the Franciscan recollects (Zoccolanti) . On October 15, 1541, Alessandro Campeggi was appointed vice-legate in Avignon . He reached Carpentras on November 10, 1542 and stayed there until 1544.
In the consistory of November 20, 1551 Pope Julius III. him cardinal priest . The cardinal's hat and the titular church of Santa Lucia in Silice , a diakonia that had been raised pro illa vice to the titular church, were awarded to him on December 4, 1551. He renounced his diocese on March 6, 1553 in favor of his cousin Giovanni Campeggi .
Alessandro Campeggi died on September 21, 1554 in Rome and was buried in his father's tomb in the Roman church of Santa Maria in Trastevere .
literature
- Adriano Prosperi : Campeggi, Alessandro. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 17: Calvart-Canefri. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1974.
Web links
- Campeggio, Alessandro. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 5, 2017.
- Entry on Alessandro Campeggi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved May 5, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Campeggi, Alessandro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Campeggio, Alessandro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1504 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1554 |
| Place of death | Rome |