Giacomo Savelli (Cardinal)
Giacomo Savelli (* 1523 in Rome , † December 5, 1587 ibid) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
He was the son of the Roman nobleman Giambattista Savelli and his wife Costanza Bentivoglio. His maternal grandmother Camilla Farnese was a cousin of Pope Paul III. Savelli studied Latin and Greek literature and law in Padua .
He was founded by Pope Paul III. elevated to cardinal in the consistory of December 9, 1539 , after he had already appointed him honorary chamberlain and apostolic protonotary . He received the cardinal's hat and the appointment as cardinal deacon of Santa Lucia in Selci on April 16, 1540. Giacomo Savelli was a participant in the conclave 1549-1550 , at which Pope Julius III. was chosen. From 1552 to 1558 he was cardinal deacon of San Nicola in Carcere . He took part in the first conclave of 1555 , which Pope Marcellus II elected, and in the second conclave of the same year, from which Paul IV emerged as pope. From 1558 to 1573 he was cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin . At the conclave of 1559 he was among the cardinals from whom Pius IV was elected Pope.
He was ordained a priest on January 19, 1560, on the same day he was promoted to the cardinal class of cardinal priests . From 1560 to 1574 he was administrator of the Archdiocese of Benevento . He was also cardinal vicar of the Diocese of Rome from 1560 until his death . Giacomo Savelli was also the Conclave 1565-1566 present that in the election of Pope Pius V resulted. From January 14, 1568 to January 14, 1569 he was chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals . He was involved in the conclave of 1572 , through which Gregory XIII. got on the chair Petri. On April 8, 1573, he chose Santa Maria in Trastevere as the titular church .
Giacomo Savelli opted on July 31, 1577 for the cardinal class of the cardinal bishops and for the suburbicarian diocese of Sabina . On July 9, 1578 he moved to the diocese of Frascati and on March 9, 1583 to the diocese of Porto e Santa Rufina . As a cardinal subdean , he was a participant in the conclave of 1585 , which Sixtus V elected as pope.
He died in Rome in 1587 and was buried in the church of Il Gesù . 39 cardinals and fifty other prelates attended the funeral services .
Family relationships
Giacomo Savelli was the uncle of Cardinal Giulio Savelli and belonged to the same noble family as Popes Honorius III. (1216–1227) and Honorius IV , as well as the cardinals Bertrando Savelli (1216), Giovanni Battista Savelli (1471), Silvio Savelli (1596), Fabrizio Savelli (1647), Paolo Savelli (1664) and Domenico Savelli (1853) .
Web links
- Entry on Giacomo Savelli on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- Savelli, Giacomo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 25, 2015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Fulvio Corneo |
Cardinal Bishop of Porto 1583–1587 |
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni |
| Alessandro Farnese |
Cardinal Bishop of Frascati 1578–1587 |
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni |
| Scipione Rebiba |
Cardinal Bishop of Sabina 1577–1578 |
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Savelli, Giacomo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1523 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1587 |
| Place of death | Rome |