Antonio de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba

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Antonio de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba (born November 24, 1616 in Lucena , † October 7, 1650 in Madrid ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He came from a highly respected family related to the Spanish royal family and was the seventh child and third son of Enrique de Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Enríquez de Cabrera , 6th Duke of Cardona and 5th Duke of Segorbe, viceroy of Navarre and Catalonia , and his second wife Catalina Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa. When they married in 1606, their parents settled in Lucena, where they lived until 1618. Antonio was the brother of Pascual de Aragón , who was elevated to cardinal in 1660 . His last name is also listed as de Aragonia , d'Aragona, and de Aragón .

He received his first education from the Bishop of Barcelona García Gil Manrique . Antonio de Aragón attended the University of Salamanca , where he was appointed rector on November 10, 1635. As early as August 1636, however, he resigned from this position to accept a teaching position at the University's Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé . In 1630 he became a canon at the Cathedral of Cordoba .

Together with his brother, the Marquis of Povar, he was sent to Catalonia in 1640 to help her mother, the widowed Duchess of Cardona, and to bring about her reconciliation with the rebellious Catalans. The brothers arrived in Barcelona on December 11, 1640, but were arrested shortly after, on January 3, 1641, and their home was ransacked. Only on November 15, 1641, the brothers were released again through a prisoner exchange.

The ordination received Antonio de Aragón on April 27, 1642. He was Coadjutor archdeacon of Castro del Río , which was under the Cathedral of Cordoba, and followed on this position in December 1648th

In 1642, after his captivity in Barcelona, ​​Antonio de Aragón became general of the galleys in Valencia and in 1644 supported King Philip IV in his military operations in Lérida .

Antonio de Aragón was elevated to cardinal on October 7, 1647 by Pope Innocent X in pectore . On March 14, 1650, the Pope published his name and appointed him cardinal deacon , but did not assign him a title deacon . Antonio de Aragón never went to Rome to receive the cardinal's hat and a title. He died in Madrid in 1650 after a brief illness. He was first buried in the convent of the Discalced Dominican Sisters in Loeches near Madrid. On June 17, 1662, his body was transferred to the Cistercian monastery of Poblet and buried in the local church next to his parents' mausoleum.

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SURNAME Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba, Antonio de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aragonia, Antonio de; Aragona, Antonio d '; Aragon, Antonio de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1616
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucena
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1650
Place of death Madrid