Francesco Maria Brancaccio

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Francesco Maria Brancaccio

Francesco Maria Brancaccio (born April 15, 1592 in Canneto di Bari , Adelfia , Apulia , † January 9, 1675 in Rome ) was an Italian bishop and cardinal of Neapolitan origin.

Life

Origin and early years

Francesco Brancaccio came from an old and noble Neapolitan family and was the son of Baron Muzio II. Brancaccio, viceroy of Apulia, and his wife Zenobia di Costanza. The family name is also given as Brancacci or Brancati . His nephew Stefano Brancaccio later also became cardinal, and another nephew, Emmanuele Brancaccio , became Bishop of Ariano . Before him, five other members of the family had already been elevated to the cardinal status, these were Landolfo Brancaccio , Niccolò Brancaccio ( pseudocardinal by antipope Clement VII ), Rinaldo Brancaccio , Ludovico Bonito and Tommaso Brancaccio (pseudocardinal by antipope John XXIII )

Francesco Maria Brancaccio studied at the Jesuit College in Naples, where he received his doctorate iuris utriusque on November 5, 1611 and Doctor theologiae on September 30, 1620 . He was ordained a priest on September 21, 1619 in Naples. Under the pontificate of Gregory XV. he entered the service of the Curia as papal house prelate and trainee lawyer at the courts of justice of the Apostolic Signature . From February 2, 1623 he was governor of Fabriano , 1626 governor of Todi and the following year governor of Terni .

Bishop and Cardinal

On August 9, 1627 he was appointed Bishop of Capaccio . He received his episcopal consecration on September 8, 1627 in the Roman church of Sant'Andrea della Valle Cardinal Cosmo de Torres ; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Giuseppe Acquaviva and Francesco Nappi , Bishop of Polignano . Together with him received Annibale Mascambruno , Bishop of Castellammare di stability , Luis Jiménez , Bishop of Ugento and Giacobino Marenco , Bishop of Saluzzo , the episcopal ordination.

Pope Urban VIII created him in the consistory of November 28, 1633 as a cardinal priest , the red hat and Santi XII Apostoli as titular church received Francesco Maria Brancaccio on January 9 of the following year. He renounced the bishopric of Capaccio before February 12, 1635. According to his biography on the website of the diocese of Frascati , it should have had the following reason: As Bishop of Capaccio Brancaccio had got into a dispute with a Spanish official over a legal matter. When the latter was killed, the bishop was charged with participating in his murder. As he feared, had to be taken by local authorities without trial in detention, Brancaccio fled into the Papal States , where the pope offered him a safe refuge and defense. Convinced of the bishop's innocence, Urban VIII declared Brancaccio innocent. Nevertheless, the authorities of the Kingdom of Naples confiscated the diocese's income and threatened those who continued to recognize Brancaccio as bishop with severe penalties. It was rumored that the Spaniards wanted him dead at all costs. The Pope, however, who wanted to protect Brancaccio from the arbitrariness of the Neapolitan judiciary, elevated him to cardinal priest of Santi XII Apostoli and asked the newly appointed cardinal to renounce the confiscated benefices. To compensate - at least in part - for the sudden loss of his income, the Pope appointed Brancaccio Bishop of Viterbo e Toscanella .

Indeed, on September 13, 1638, Francesco Maria Brancaccio was transferred to the episcopal see of Viterbo e Toscanella. He participated in the 1644 conclave , which Pope Innocent X elected. He was also a participant in the conclave of 1655 , from which Alexander VII emerged as pope. On July 2, 1663 he opted for the titular church of San Lorenzo in Lucina . He was a cardinal proto-priest . On October 11, 1666 he opted for the cardinal class of the cardinal bishops and for the suburbicarian diocese of Sabina . At the 1667 conclave he was among the cardinals when Pope Clement IX. was chosen. Francesco Maria Brancaccio opted for the suburbicarian diocese of Frascati on January 30, 1668. At the conclave 1669–1670 , which finally raised Clement X to the chair of Peter, Francesco Maria Brancaccio was a papabile until the Kingdom of Spain raised the exclusive ( veto ).

Last years and death

In the middle of 1670, Francesco Maria Brancaccio renounced the diocese of Viterbo e Toscanella. On March 18, 1671 he opted for the suburbicarian diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina and became a cardinal subdean . From 1671 until his death he was Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and Regulars and of the Congregation for the Residence of Bishops, from August 1671 until his death he was also Prefect of the Congregation for Rites and Ceremonies .

Francesco Maria Brancaccio died on January 9, 1675 shortly before 11 a.m. in Rome. He was buried in the local church of Il Gesù .

Act

His book collection formed the basis of the Biblioteca Brancacciana in Naples. He published several writings, including one in which he defended the consumption of chocolate and showed that it was suitable as a fasting food .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Francesco Maria Brancati o Brancacci. In: Cronologia dei Vescovi. Diocese of Frascati , 2010, accessed March 16, 2019 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Brancaccio, Francesco Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brancacci, Francesco Maria; Brancati, Francesco Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian bishop and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1592
PLACE OF BIRTH Canneto di Bari , Adelfia , Apulia
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1675
Place of death Rome