Angelo Maria Quirini

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Angelo Maria Cardinal Quirini
Cardinal coat of arms
Angelo Maria Cardinal Quirini by Giacomo Cassetti
Inscription on the gable of the St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin: FEDERICI REGIS CLEMENTIAE MONUMENTUM S (anctae) HEDWIGI S (acrum) AM QUIRINUS S (anctae) R (omanae) E (cclesiae) CARD (inalis) SUO AERE PERFECIT  - “That of the goodness of The monument to King Friedrich, dedicated to St. Hedwig, was completed by the Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Angelo Maria Quirini, at his own expense. "

Angelo Maria Quirini or Querini OSBCas (born March 30, 1680 in Venice , † January 6, 1755 in Brescia ) was a Benedictine and cardinal of the Roman Church . He is the founder of the Biblioteca Queriniana in Brescia, which still exists today.

Quirini exchanged letters with important scholars and philosophers of his time, such as Voltaire , Johann Jakob Breitinger , Franz Ignatius Rothfischer , Abraham Gotthelf Kästner , Johann Christoph Gottsched , Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier , Bernard de Montfaucon , Jean Henri Samuel Formey as well as with Friedrich II. And Pope Benedict XIV.

Life

Gerolamo Quirini was a descendant of the Venetian patrician family Quirini Stampalia. At the age of 17 he entered the Benedictine order in Florence in 1696 , took the name Angelo Maria and was ordained a priest on March 24, 1702 . He studied Greek, Hebrew and mathematics . From 1710 to 1714 he went on study trips to France, the Netherlands, Germany and England, where he met prominent representatives of the Enlightenment . From 1718 he was a member of the papal commission for the revision of Greek liturgical literature. In 1723 he was appointed Archbishop of Corfu , an office he held until 1727. He was ordained bishop on November 30, 1723 in Rome by Cardinal Francesco Barberini ; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Augusto Antonio Zacco , Bishop of Treviso , and Archbishop Nicola Maria Tedeschi OSB.

In the consistory of December 9, 1726, Pope Benedict XIII took him . initially in pectore to the College of Cardinals , but did not announce his election until November 20, 1727. After receiving the cardinal ring and biretta on December 22, 1727 , Quirini was given the title church of Sant'Agostino as cardinal priest . Later he also got the title churches of San Marco and Santa Prassede . He was also from 1743 to 1754 cardinal priest of Santi Bonifacio e Alessio . He took part in the conclaves of 1730 and 1740 . In 1730 Pope Clement XII appointed him . Cardinal Librarian of the Vatican Library , 1740 Prefect of the Index Congregation .

Because of differences of opinion with Benedict XIV , he was transferred to the diocese of Brescia in 1751 . He founded the Biblioteca Queriniana , to which he bequeathed his art and antiquity collection.

Cardinal Quirini names the gable inscription of St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin as the main benefactor .

Awards

Publications and letters

Quirini left around 50 writings, including a history of his order, of Corfu and Brescia, as well as an extensive correspondence.

Letters
  • Ad doctissimum et clarissimum virum D. Bernardium Montefauconium, Monachum Germaniensis coenobii Lutetiae. Rome 1741.
  • Lettera all'Emin.mo ... Card.le Angelo Ma Querini, bibliotecario della SRC, Vescovo di Brescia ec. intorno agl'Italiani, che dal secoloXI. insin verso alla fine del XIV. seppero di Greco / Di Giangirolamo Gradenigo.
  • Angelo Maria Quirini, Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier: Ad virum clarissimum Georg. Guil. Kirchmaierum consiliarium regium, et professorem p. in universitate Vitembergensi epistola. Correspondence. Bressanone 1751.

literature

Web links

Commons : Angelo Maria Querini  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Hartkopf: The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Berlin 1992, p. 286.
  2. ↑ Walther Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome. Volume 1. Vienna 1967.
  3. ↑ hedwigs-kathedrale.de ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hedwigs-kathedrale.de
  4. ↑ Directory of Members
  5. ↑ Commemorative Calendar ( Memento of March 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
predecessor Office successor
Fortunato Morosini Bishop of Brescia
1727–1755 		Giovanni Molino
Augustus Antonio Zacco Archbishop of Corfu
1723–1727 		Vincentius Maria Mazzoleni
personal data
SURNAME Quirini, Angelo Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Querini, Angelo Maria; Quirini, Gerolamo (original name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Benedictine and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1680
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1755
Place of death Brescia