Bernardino Honorati

Bernardino Cardinal Honorati (portrait in oil, 18th century)

Bernardino Honorati (also Onorati ) (born July 17, 1724 in Jesi ; † August 12, 1807 in Senigallia ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

The son of a Marchese studied at the University of La Sapienza in Rome Law and graduated on 10 February 1749 a Dr. jur. utr. From July 7, 1749 he was trainee lawyer for the Apostolic Signature . Pope Benedict XIV appointed him papal house prelate . From 1748 to 1749 he was deputy delegate of Romagna , and from 1758 to 1759 governor of Loreto . Honorati was ordained a priest on December 31, 1759 and was appointed titular archbishop of Side on January 28, 1760 . The episcopal ordination donated him on February 25, 1760 Giovanni Antonio Bacchettoni , Bishop of Loreto and Recanati . He was a member of the Roman Curia and, among other things, nuncio in Florence and Venice . From Pope Pius VI. created cardinal on June 23, 1777, the Pope appointed him cardinal priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro and bishop of Senigallia on July 28, 1777 . Honorati then carried the personal title of archbishop .

Honorati took part in the conclave of 1799/1800 , which Pope Pius VII elected.

He died in Senigallia and was buried in the local cathedral .

Works

• De Romana s. Petri cathedra. Oratio habita in basilica Vaticana XV cal. Februarii 1744. Rome 1744.
• Relazione della nunziatura di Firenze. o. o. o. J.
• Bernardini cardinalis Honorati commentarius de rebus suis. Lazzarini, Senigallia 1792, full text .

literature

• Guido Gregorio Fagioli Vercellone:  Honorati, Bernardino. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 61:  Guglielmo Gonzaga-Jacobini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2003.

Web links

• Bernardino Honorati. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 16, 2016.
• Entry on Bernardino Honorati on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 16, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Domenico Moreni: Bibliografia storico-ragionata della Toscana: o sia Catalogo degli scrittori che hanno illustrata la storia dell città, luoghi, e persone della medesima. Volume 1. Presso Domenico Ciardetti, Florence 1805, p. 481.