Domenico Ginnasi

Domenico Cardinal Ginnasi

Domenico Ginnasi (* 19th June 1551 in Castel Bolognese at Imola , † March 12 (according to other data: March 13 ) 1639 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

Ginnasi, the third child of the doctor Francesco Ginnasi and the noblewoman Caterina Pallantieri , studied in Bologna . In 1572 he received his doctorate in both rights . Ginnasi worked for the Curia for many years and became Archbishop of Manfredonia in 1586 , an office he held until 1607. He was ordained bishop on December 28, 1586 in the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Decio Azzolini ; Co- consecrators were Giulio Ricci , Bishop of Teramo , and Vincenzo Casali , Bishop of Massa Marittima .

From 1598 to 1600 he was apostolic nuncio in Tuscany , from 1600 to 1605 in Madrid . Pope Clement VIII raised Ginnasi to cardinal on June 9, 1604 and awarded him the titular church of San Pancrazio . In 1606 he moved to the titular church Santi XII Apostoli (until 1624) and from 1624 to 1626 he officiated as Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina . Between 1618 and 1619 Cardinal Ginnasi was Camerlengo of the Holy College . Admitted to the class of Cardinal Bishops in 1626 , he was Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina until 1629 and Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina from 1629 to 1630 . From 1630 until his death, Ginnasi was dean of the College of Cardinals and was also Cardinal Bishop of Ostia .

The cardinal died of gout . He was buried in the chapel of Santa Maria sopra Minerva .

Ginnasi's former palace is located in Rome on the corner of Via dell 'Arco di Ginnasi and Via delle Botteghe Oscure and was restored in 1936. The Collegio Ginnasi was created on Castel Bolognese .

Works

Dominici Ginnasii episcopi Ostiensis SRE cardinalis enarationes in omnes psalmos David. Ludovico Grignani, Rome 1636.
In nomine della santissima Trinità, & c. Ludovico Grignani, Rome 1639.

literature

Paolo Grandi: Il Cardinale Domenico Ginnasi. Un Esempio di Vita e di Carita, Castel Bolognese 1550 - Roma 1639. Banca di Credito Cooperativo della Romagna Occidentale, Castel Bolognese 1997.
Giampiero Brunelli: Ginnasi, Domenico. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 55: Ginammi – Giovanni da Crema. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2000.

Web links

Commons : Domenico Ginnasi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Ginnasi, Domenico. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed February 2, 2017.
Entry on Domenico Ginnasi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on February 2, 2017.
Homepage

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gaetano Moroni: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni. Volume 30: Ger - Gio. Emiliana, Venice 1845, pp. 247–249 ( digitized in the Google book search).
↑ See: http://www.castelbolognese.org/domenicoginnasi.htm
↑ See: Gaetano Moroni: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni. Volume 30: Ger - Gio. Emiliana, Venice 1845, p. 248. Moroni, however, mentions September 17, 1603 as the date of appointment.
↑ See: Giovan Pietro Bellori: The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects. New translated and critical edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2005, ISBN 0-521-78187-6 , p. 291, footnote 51.

predecessor	Office	successor
Giovanni Battista Deti	Dean of the College of Cardinals 1630–1639	Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia
Giovanni Battista Deti	Cardinal Bishop of Ostia 1630–1639	Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia
Giovanni Battista Deti	Cardinal Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina 1629–1630	Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia
Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto	Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina 1626–1629	Marcello Lante della Rovere
Giuseppe Sappi	Archbishop of Manfredonia 1586–1607	Annibale Serugo De Gimnasiis

personal data
SURNAME	Ginnasi, Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1551
PLACE OF BIRTH	Castel Bolognese
DATE OF DEATH	March 12, 1639
Place of death	Rome

[Moroni-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gaetano Moroni: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni. Volume 30: Ger - Gio. Emiliana, Venice 1845, pp. 247–249 ( digitized in the Google book search).

[2] See: http://www.castelbolognese.org/domenicoginnasi.htm

[3] See: Gaetano Moroni: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni. Volume 30: Ger - Gio. Emiliana, Venice 1845, p. 248. Moroni, however, mentions September 17, 1603 as the date of appointment.

[4] See: Giovan Pietro Bellori: The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects. New translated and critical edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2005, ISBN 0-521-78187-6 , p. 291, footnote 51.