Antonio Marcello Barberini

Antonio Marcello Cardinal Barberini (painting by Antonio Alberti (around 1630))

Antonio Marcello Barberini , OFMCap (* 1569 in Florence , † September 11, 1646 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

Antonio Marcello Barberini came from the from Florence coming noble family Barberini and was a younger brother of Maffeo Barberini, who as Urban VIII. 1623-1644 Pope was. In 1592 he joined the Franciscan mendicant orders of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in. On October 7, 1624, he was elevated to cardinal by his brother Pope Urban VIII and appointed cardinal priest of Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo on November 13, 1624 as the successor to his nephew Francesco Barberini, who was also elevated to cardinal . He remained cardinal priest of Sant'Onofrio until 1637. On January 26, 1625 he was appointed Bishop of Senigallia and received as such on February 2, 1625 the episcopal ordination . He resigned as Bishop of Senigallia on December 11, 1628 and was then secretary of the Holy Office between 1629 and his resignation in 1633 . At the end of his tenure, the trial of Galileo Galilei began in April 1633 .

On October 3, 1633, Cardinal Barberini was appointed Cardinal Major Penitentiary , succeeding Scipione Caffarelli Borghese as head of the Apostolic Penitentiary , an authority designed as the Court of Justice of the Holy See, which is responsible, among other things, for mercy and indulgences. On December 13, 1633 he was also appointed librarian of the Vatican Apostolic Library . On September 7, 1637 he was appointed cardinal priest of San Pietro in Vincoli and on May 26, 1642 cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere . After the death of his brother Pope Urban VIII. He took on 9 August to 15 September 1644 at the conclave in part, to Giovanni Battista Pamphilj Pope Innocent X chose. He called the nephews of his predecessor to account and forced his two other nephews Antonio Barberini and Taddeo Barberini (1603–1647) into exile in France in addition to Francesco Barberini .

Antonio Marcello Cardinal Barberini died on September 11, 1646 in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome and was buried in the crypt of the Church of Santa Maria Immacolata a Via Veneto .

predecessor	Office	successor
Antaldo degli Antaldi	Bishop of Senigallia 1625–1628	Lorenzo Campeggi

personal data
SURNAME	Barberini, Antonio Marcello
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	1569
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	September 11, 1646
Place of death	Rome