Giacomo Monico
Giacomo Monico (born June 26, 1776 in Riese , Treviso , † April 25, 1851 in Venice ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church . From 1827 until his death he was the Patriarch of Venice .
Live and act
At the age of 15 he entered the clerical seminary in Treviso and was ordained a priest there in 1800. Then he became archpriest and pastor in San Vito d'Asolo, from where Emperor Franz I presented him to the episcopal see of Ceneda ( Diocese of Vittorio Veneto ) in 1822 , which office he took up in 1823. With an imperial decree of November 9, 1826, Monico was appointed Patriarch of Venice, which Pope Leo XII. Confirmed on April 9, 1827. In 1831 he received the dignity of an imperial privy councilor . Pope Gregory XVI elevated him to cardinal in 1833 .
In 1846 Giacomo Monico took part in the conclave from which Pope Pius IX. emerged. In the revolutionary movement of 1848 the cardinal tried to calm the population, on May 3, 1849 the mob stormed his palace and devastated it. Patriarch Monico fled to the Armenian monastery on the island of San Lazzaro and did not return to his residence until the constitutional order was restored. On Easter Sunday 1851 he suffered a faint attack during the sermon in the Cathedral of San Marco and died on April 25th of that year.
Giacomo Monico was considered an excellent preacher and also wrote poetry, various of which have appeared in print.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Monico, Jacob . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 19th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 34 f. ( Digitized version ).
- GM Constantini: Monico Jacopo. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 359.
Web links
- Entry on Giacomo Monico on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Giacomo Monico. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monico, Giacomo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monico, Jacopo; Monico, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Catholic bishop and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Giant Pio X , Treviso |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1851 |
| Place of death | Venice |