Ascanio Filomarino

Cardinal Ascanio Filomarino, mosaic in Santi Apostoli, Naples

Ascanio Filomarino (* 1583 in Benevento ; † November 3, 1666 in Naples ) was Archbishop of Naples and cardinal .

Life

Ascanio Filomarino, son of an Italian aristocratic family, studied law and then went to Rome. Pope Urban VIII appointed him his private chamberlain. He later became a chamberlain of his nephew Cardinal Francesco Barberini , whom he accompanied to France and Spain. In 1634 Filomarino became Commander Abbot of Santa Maria Maddalena in Armillis .

In the consistory of December 16, 1641 it took Urban VIII. As Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli into the College of Cardinals on. On the same day, Urban appointed him Archbishop of Naples after prior mediation by his brother Gennaro Filomarino . He received his episcopal ordination on January 19, 1642, Cardinal Antonio Barberini . Co-consecrators were the bishops Fausto Poli and Gennaro Filomarino. Cardinal Filomarino held a total of seven diocesan synods between 1642 and 1662. During a revolt against the Habsburgs led by Masaniello in 1647, he played a mediating role. In 1644 and 1655 he took part in the conclave chosen by Innocent X and Alexander VII .

Ascanio Filomarino died at the age of 83 and was buried in the Cathedral of Naples .

literature

• Massimo Bray :  Filomarino, Ascanio. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 47:  Ferrero-Filonardi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1997.

Web links

• Filomarino, Ascanio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed April 11, 2016.
• Filomarino, Ascanio. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
• Entry in the Requiem database as Filomarino, Ascanio Maria

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Remarks

1. ↑ Miranda names Naples as the place of birth, but also points out the alternative.