Camillo Cibo

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Camillo Cardinal Cibo ( Camillus cybo )

Camillo Cibo (also Cybo , born April 25, 1681 in Massa , Duchy of Massa , † January 12, 1743 in Rome , Papal States ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

Camillo Cibo, a great-grand-nephew of Pope Innocent X , was sent to Rome to live with his great-uncle Odoardo Cibo at the age of twelve in order to be prepared for a career in the church. He studied at the University of La Sapienza and received his doctorate in 1702 as Doctor iuris utriusque . In October 1701 he presented himself in the presence of Pope Clement XI. a theological disputation on the work of Thomas Aquinas . On July 5, 1705, Cibo was ordained a priest . In December of the same year he became President of the Apostolic Chamber . From August 1707 he was prefect responsible for their notarial archives. In 1710, Clemens XI wanted him. appoint Bishop of Spoleto , but Cibo refused.

In April 1717, Cibo was appointed president of the Grascia , the branch of the church-state organization that ensured the supply of food. Due to the stress associated with this office, however, his health deteriorated, so that he resigned his office at the beginning of the following year and instead became general auditor of the Apostolic Chamber. On February 11, 1718, Camillo Cibo was appointed titular patriarch of Constantinople . He was ordained bishop on the 24th of the same month by Cardinal Secretary of State Fabrizio Paolucci , and shortly thereafter he was appointed papal assistant to the throne . As general auditor, he organized a trial against Cardinal Giulio Alberoni on behalf of the Pope in 1720 for his involvement in the Cellamare conspiracy . Clement XI. however, died before the trial could begin. Cibo himself put under the new Pope Innocent XIII. resigned his office in November 1721 and retired near Spoleto .

Pope Benedict XIII brought him back to Rome and appointed him Prefect of the Apostolic Palace in July 1725. Among other things, he sought stricter bookkeeping in the papal household, which brought him into conflict with Cardinal Niccolò Coscia . This prevented Cibo's appointment as cardinal secretary of state in 1726.

On March 23, 1729 Benedict XIII took him. as cardinal priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio in the college of cardinals . He took part in the conclave of 1730 , which Clemens XII. elected Pope, but had to leave it due to health reasons. Clement XII, whom Cardinal Cibo had supported in the conclave, appointed him Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in October 1730. Cibo unexpectedly resigned from office in February 1731 and withdrew from the public due to financial problems. He now devoted himself to literary studies and wrote a ten volume autobiography. In the same year he opted for the titular church of Santa Maria del Popolo . Camillo Cibo last appeared in public in 1740 when he took part in the conclave that elected Benedict XIV as Pope. He died of gout in early 1743 and was buried in his titular church, Santa Maria degli Angeli , to which he had opted in 1741.

The composer Pietro Locatelli , supported by Camillo Cibo, dedicated his first printed work to him in 1721, the XII Concerti grossi à Quatro è à Cinque .

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  1. ↑ Albert Dunning, Buren 1981, Volume I, p. 58
  2. ↑ Albert Dunning (Ed.): Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Catalogo tematico, lettere, documenti & iconografia (= supplement volume of the Critical Complete Edition ), Mainz 2001, p. 7.
personal data
SURNAME Cibo, Camillo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cybo, Camillo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, bishop and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1681
PLACE OF BIRTH Massa , Duchy of Massa
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1743
Place of death Rome , Papal States