Giandomenico Spinola

Giandomenico Spinola (* 1580 in Genoa ; † August 11, 1646 in Mazara ), also Giovanni Domenico Spinola, was an Italian bishop and cardinal.

biography

Spinola was born in Genoa in 1580. Although few records exist about his family background or training, he is a commissioner (commissioner) of the Pontifical Office for the Treasury in his hometown during the reign of Pope Paul V listed.

Spinola later moved to Rome, where he was appointed to a number of ecclesiastical administrative positions under the direction of the Archbishop of Genoa , Antonmaria Sauli .

Spinola was sent to the Archdiocese of Messina as administrator in 1625 and was made cardinal on his return to Rome in 1626, with the Basilica of San Clemente as his titular church . He was also made protector of his homeland, the Republic of Genoa , and became its official representative to the Holy See .

In 1629 Spinola also received the title of Cardinal Priest of the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere , which he held until the abandonment of the title of San Clemente on August 17, 1637. In November 1630 he was appointed Archbishop of Acerenza and Matera. In November 1630 he was ordained bishop by Domenico de 'Marini, Archbishop of Genoa, with Angelo Mascardi, Bishop of Noli, Pietro Francesco Costa, Bishop of Albenga, and Vincenzo Giovanni Spínola, Bishop of Brugnato, serving as co-consecrators. On April 26, 1632, he was transferred to the bishopric of Luni-Sarzana while maintaining the personal rank of archbishop . On December 1, 1636 he was transferred again, this time to the diocese of Mazara del Vallo in Sicily , where he continued to retain the rank of archbishop.

Between 1642 and 1643, Spinola also served as the camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals . He took part in the papal conclave of 1644 , which Pope Innocent X elected.

Spinola died in Mazara in 1646 and was buried in the Chapel of San Gaetano in Mazara Cathedral.

literature

• Diego Pizzorno:  Spinola, Govanni Domenico. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 93:  Sisto V-Stammati. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2018.
• Konrad Eubel - Patrice Gauchat: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi , vol. IV: a pontificatu Clementis pp. VIII (1592) usque ad pontificatum Alexandri pp. VII (1667) , Münster 1935, pp. 20, 67, 226, 235.

Web links

• bspind .html Entry on Giovanni Domenico Cardinal Spinola † on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Giandomenico Spinola. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Marcello Lante della Rovere	Trainee lawyer at the Apostolic Chamber January 1, 1610 - January 19, 1626	Gregorio Naro
Andrea Mastrillo Metropolitan	Administrator of Messina January 1, 1625 - July 20, 1626	Biagio Proto de Rossi Metropolitan
Desiderio Scaglia OP	Cardinal Priest of San Clemente February 9, 1626 - April 30, 1629	Marcantonio Franciotti
Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro	Cardinal Priest of Santa Cecilia April 30, 1629 –11. August 1646	Michele Mazzarino , OP
Fabrizio Antinori	Metropolitan of Acerenza and Archbishop of Matera November 13, 1630 - April 26, 1632	Simone Carafa Roccella , CR
Giovanni Battista Salvago	Bishop of Luni-Sarzana personal title of Archbishop April 26, 1632 - December 1, 1636	Prospero Spinola
Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo Archbishop's personal title December 1, 1636 - August 11, 1646	Diego Requeséns
Giulio Cesare Sacchetti	Chamberlain of the College of Cardinals January 13, 1642 - January 12, 1643	Giovanni Battista Pamphilj