Carlo Antonio Giuseppe Bellisomi

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Carlo Antonio Giuseppe Bellisomi (born July 30, 1736 in Pavia , † August 9, 1808 in Cesena , Emilia-Romagna ) was an Italian clergyman, diplomat of the Holy See and cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

Bellisomi was ordained a priest on May 29, 1763 . A year earlier he had already become a consultant at the Apostolic Signature . In January 1765 he became governor of San Severino .

On September 11, 1775 he was by Pope Pius VI. Appointed titular archbishop of Tyana and on September 20, 1775 apostolic nuncio in Germany with seat in Cologne . Before he took up his position as nuncio, Pius VI donated to him on September 24, 1775. the episcopal ordination , co-consecrators were the nuncios and later cardinals Carlo Crivelli and Giovanni Andrea Archetti , consecrated a few days earlier . In 1778 he persuaded the Trier auxiliary bishop Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim to revoke his publications directed against the papal jurisdiction primacy.

Coat of arms of the House of Bellisomi

On February 14, 1785 Bellisomi was raised by the Pope to Cardinal in pectore and on May 7, 1785 appointed Nuncio in Portugal . In his fight against Jansenism he found support from the Patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal José Francisco Miguel António de Mendoça Valdereis . On February 21, 1794 his appointment as cardinal was published and on September 22, 1795 he was appointed Bishop of Cesena , where he held the personal title of Archbishop. On December 18, 1795, he was assigned the titular church of Santa Maria della Pace as a cardinal priest . From December 1799 to February 1800 he took part in the conclave that elected Pius VII Pope. Cardinal Franziskus von Paula Herzan von Harras had previously vetoed Emperor Franz II against Bellisomi's election as Pope. On September 18, 1807 he opted for the titular church of Santa Prassede . Cardinal Bellisomi died the following year and was buried in the Cathedral of Cesena .

literature

  • Michael F. Feldkamp : The account books from the abbreviation of the Cologne nuncios Lucini, Bellisomi and Pacca . In: Vierteljahresschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 78th volume, issue 1, Stuttgart 1991, pp. 82–96.

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personal data
SURNAME Bellisomi, Carlo Antonio Giuseppe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bellisomi, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, nuncio in Germany and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Pavia
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1808
Place of death Cesena , Emilia-Romagna