Domenico Grimani

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Domenico Grimani (born February 19, 1461 or February 22, 1461 in Venice , † August 27, 1523 in Rome ) was Patriarch of Aquileia , cardinal and an important patron and art collector.

Life

Domenico Grimani was born as the son of the future Doge Antonio Grimani and Caterina Loredan. The Grimani belonged to the "Case Nuove" of the patriciate of Venice .

From an early age he showed a keen interest in the humanistic sciences. He received his first training in Venice before going to Padua and Florence for further studies . There he met Lorenzo il Magnifico and the humanists Angelo Poliziano and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola . In 1491 Grimani became Apostolic Secretary and Protonotary. In the consistory of September 20, 1493, at the age of 32, he was raised from Pope Alexander VI. the Cardinal what Grimani three days to as Cardinal Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere has been installed. From this time on he stayed alternately in Rome and Venice. In 1497, the Pope also appointed him Patriarch of Aquileia, a dignity he held until 1517. In Rome, Cardinal Grimani was friends with the later Pope Julius II (1503-1513).

In 1499 his family got into political trouble. His father, who had been appointed captain-general of the fleet against his will, suffered a heavy defeat against the Turks at Zonchio and was charged with high treason before the Grand Council of Venice. Antonio Grimani evaded the execution of a sentence by fleeing to his son in Rome. Not until 1510 - when Venice was threatened by the League of Cambrai - he was rehabilitated and was able to return to Venice, where he was elected Doge in 1521 . Domenico Grimani's ecclesiastical ascent, however, continued. After his episcopal ordination on April 25, 1498, he was appointed cardinal priest of San Marco (1503-1523) at Christmas 1503 . Under Pope Julius II, he rose to the class of cardinal bishops in 1508 . As such, he held the Sububicarian seats of Albano (1508–1509), Frascati (1509–1511) and, most recently, Porto (from 1511), making him subdean of the College of Cardinals (1511–1523).

Cardinal Domenico Grimani

In Rome, the Grimani acquired a plot of land to build a palace near today's Piazza Barberini . In the course of the excavation work, numerous ancient finds came to light, which formed the basis of Grimani's collection of antiquities. He collected coins and medals, gems and cameos as well as sculptures. Other pieces came into the collection through the thriving antique trade in Rome at the time. There was also an important library of old manuscripts and codices that the cardinal donated to the monastery of San Antonio di Castello in Venice, which was partially destroyed by fire in 1687. Another book and art collection was housed in a Grimani palace near Santa Maria Formosa in Venice, where mainly manuscripts and paintings from the Netherlands were kept. In 1489 Domenico Grimani acquired the so-called Grimani Breviary, which he gave to the Republic of Venice as a gift. It has been in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice since 1797 .

Shortly before his death, Domenico Grimani bequeathed the collection - with the exception of a few items for his nephew Marino Grimani - to the Republic of Venice . The Serenissima had the collection brought to Venice - despite the protests of an empty heir - where it was initially housed in the Santa Chiara monastery on the island of Murano . After the will had been successfully challenged because of its drafting outside the territory of the Serenissima, it was returned to the rightful heirs with the exception of a few pieces that were on display in the Doge's Palace . These ancient statues from the possession of Grimani formed the basis for Venice's excellent collection of antiquities, which can now be admired in the Museo Correr .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. VIII. Les cardinaux du XVIe siècle . In: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique , 1935, p. 115, ISSN  1153-7299 .
predecessor Office successor
Niccolo II Donati Patriarch of Aquileia
1498–1517 		Marino Grimani
Guillaume Briconet Cardinal Bishop of Albano
1508–1509 		Philip of Luxembourg
Guillaume III. Cardinal Briconet Cardinal Bishop of Frascati
1510–1511 		Philip of Luxembourg
Raffaele Riario Cardinal Bishop of Porto
1511–1523 		Francesco Soderini
Antonio Trombetta Bishop of Urbino
1514–1523 		Giacomo Nordi
personal data
SURNAME Grimani, Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Patriarch of Aquileia, patron and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1461
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1523
Place of death Rome