Antonio Banchieri

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Antonio Banchieri (born May 19, 1667 in Pistoia , † September 16, 1733 there ) was an Italian clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He was the son of Niccolò Banchieri, Gonfaloniere of Pistoia, Knight of the Order of San Stefano , and of Caterina Rospigliosi, a niece of Pope Clement IX. , he was also a nephew of the cardinals Giacomo Rospigliosi and Felice Rospigliosi , both brothers of his mother. He himself was later the uncle of the cardinals Giacomo Oddi and Giovanni Francesco Banchieri and the great-uncle of Cardinal Niccolò Oddi .

Antonio Banchieri began his studies in 1679 at the Collegio Tolomei in Siena before moving to Rome and studying philosophy and theology at the Seminario Romano . On July 10, 1692 he received his doctorate in Rome as Doctor iuris utriusque . He became apostolic protonotary and worked until 1725 at the apostolic signature and as consistorial attorney. From December 23, 1702 to August 8, 1706 he was vice- legate in Avignon. When the Pope wanted to appoint him nuncio to the King of France in 1706, however, Banchieri refused for personal reasons - he did not want to be ordained a priest . In May 1706 he became secretary of the Congregation Propaganda Fide . From 1712 to 1713 Banchieri was a member of a special congregation that dealt with the work Reflexions morales sur le Nouveau Testament by the French Jansenist Pasquier Quesnel . As governor of Rome and Vice-Camerlengo of the Roman Church, he worked from September 30, 1724 to April 30, 1728.

On December 9, 1726, Pope Benedict XIII appointed him cardinal in pectore , the appointment was announced in the consistory of April 30, 1728. On May 10, 1728, Banchieri received the cardinal's hat and the title deaconry of San Nicola in Carcere . He was a participant in the conclave of 1730 , from which Clemens XII. emerged as Pope. On July 15, 1730, he became cardinal secretary of state , a position he held until his death.

In July 1733 Antonio Banchieri suffered a stroke and on August 29 of the same year retired to Pistoia, where he died two weeks later. He was buried in the Jesuit church Santissimo Nome di Gesù in Pistoia.

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SURNAME Banchieri, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1667
PLACE OF BIRTH Pistoia
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1733
Place of death Pistoia