Diomede Carafa

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Diomede Carafa , also Diomedes Caraffa , (born January 7, 1492 in Ariano Irpino , Italy, † August 12, 1560 in Rome ) was a cardinal and Roman Catholic bishop of Ariano .

Life

He came from the noble Carafa family and was the second of four children of Giovanni Francesco Carafa , Duke of Ariano, and his wife Francesca Orsini from the family of the Dukes of Ravina. A relative was Gian Pietro Carafa, later Pope Paul IV. Early on, he entered the service of the Papal States and was on April 9, 1511 by Pope Julius II. Appointed bishop of his hometown Ariano.

He showed considerable diligence and diligence in the administration of the diocese . In particular, he was praised for the restorations on the facade of the cathedral, the Episcopal Palace and the Church of St. Archangel in Ariano, which he promoted. After more than 40 years of a flawless, albeit unspectacular life dedicated to fulfilling his pastoral duties, Carafa unexpectedly rose to the highest honors when Pope Paul IV, his relative, appointed him cardinal priest on December 20, 1555 . The cardinal's hat and the titular church of San Martino ai Monti , the pope gave him on 13 January 1556. After his elevation to cardinal led Carafa still a reclusive life and kept from the machinations and intrigues of his family out, although he and Alfonso Carafa , Gianbernardino Scotti OTheat , Virgilio Rosario , Clemente d'Olera OFMObs and Giovanni Battista Consiglieri belonged to the group of cardinals who advised the Pope on ecclesiastical and political matters. From September 1557 his name also appears among the cardinals who were responsible for the Inquisition .

Due to his reticent lifestyle, Diomede Carafa was the only member of his family who was not exiled from Rome in January 1559 after the wrath of Paul IV was directed against his relatives who had committed various atrocities and abuses. However, when the crisis escalated further in April 1559, he too lost the benevolence of his papal relative, probably wrongly.

Diomede Carafa took part in the 1559 conclave that elected Pius IV Pope. A testimony to his moral integrity and the trust that the people of Rome had in Cardinal Carafa is that in the riots against the Carafa that followed the death of Pope Paul IV, Diomede Carafa's insignia was the only one left untouched. At that time, when the Carafas faced the need to enlist the support of the future Pope in order to restore their credibility, Diomede Carafa supported his family and vehemently endorsed the candidacy of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo de 'Medici. After Cardinal de 'Medici became Pope as Pius IV, however, he disappointed the hopes of his supporters and continued the fight against the Neapolitan line of Carafa, to which Diomede Carafa also belonged. This culminated in a trial that the Pope brought against Carlo and Giovanni Carafa. Cardinal Diomede appealed in vain to the Pope to allow the case to be reopened; the two Carafa were executed. Outraged and insulted, Diomede Carafa then left Rome and retired to Taranto for a while . Again he opposed the decision of the Pope to abolish the Theatine order founded by Paul IV in 1524 and mobilized a number of influential personalities in favor of the order.

He died in the house near the church of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and was buried in front of the main altar of his titular church.

effect

Diomede Carafa had several Roman churches restored at his expense, including his titular church Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti . He was friends with the poet Laura Terracina , who dedicated a sonnet to him on the occasion of his elevation to cardinal ( Le Seste Rime , Lucca 1558).

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  1. ↑ According to Cruciani Troncarelli in DBI, the exact dates of birth are not known: around 1492.
  2. ↑ a b c Carafa, Diomede. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
  3. ^ A b c d M. Gabriella Cruciani Troncarelli:  Carafa, Diomede. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 19. Rome 1976.
  4. ↑ According to Miranda, according to Gabriella Cruciani Troncarelli, he was buried in the church of Sant'Arcangelo in his home town of Ariano.
predecessor Office successor
Niccolò de Hippolitis Bishop of Ariano
1511–1560 		Ottaviano Preconio
personal data
SURNAME Carafa, Diomede
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caraffa, Diomedes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cardinal of the Roman Church and Bishop of Ariano
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1492
PLACE OF BIRTH Ariano Irpino , Italy
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1560
Place of death Rome