Giorgio Cornaro (cardinal)

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Giorgio Corner

Giorgio Cornaro , actually Giorgio Corner (born August 1, 1658 in Venice , † August 10, 1722 in Padua ) was an Italian cardinal and bishop of Padua .

Life

Giorgio Basilio Cornaro , his baptismal name, came from a highly respected family in the Republic of Venice and was the second of the seven children of Federico Cornaro and Cornelia Contarini. His brother Giovanni was Doge of Venice from 1709 to 1722 . He was a great-nephew of Cardinal Federico Cornaro iuniore . His great-nephew was the future Cardinal Antonio Marino Priuli . Other cardinals from the same family were Marco Cornaro , Francesco Cornaro seniore , Andrea Cornaro , Luigi Cornaro , Federico Cornaro seniore , Francesco Cornaro iuniore and Giovanni Cornaro .

Already at the age of four Giorgio Cornaro became a Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta in 1622 with the title of Grand Prior of Cyprus. He studied at the University of Pavia, which he graduated in 1677 with the academic degree of Doctor iuris utriusque . He turned down the position of ambassador to France. After traveling through Europe , he settled in Rome in 1690. Under the pontificate of Pope Alexander VIII , who also came from Venice, Cornaro became an apostolic protonotary . He received the tonsure from Cardinal Gregorio Barbarigo , later canonized Bishop of Padua. First trainee lawyer at the Apostolic Signature , he became President of the Apostolic Chamber and further consultor of the Congregation for the Holy Rites . The minor orders Giorgio Cornaro received on April 5, 1692 the day after he was appointed sub-deacon ordained. On April 7th of the same year he received the deacons - and again a day later he was ordained a priest .

On May 5, 1692, Giorgio Cornaro was appointed titular archbishop of Rhodus . After he had been appointed Papal Assistant to the Throne on May 7, 1592, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Rubini , Bishop of Vicenza , donated him episcopal ordination on May 11 of the same year in the Roman Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria ; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Lorenzo Trotti , Bishop of Pavia , and Archbishop Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia . Giorgio Cornaro became nuncio in Portugal and was the first nuncio in this country to be promoted to cardinal.

In the consistory of July 22, 1697 , Innocent XII. cardinal priest, the Pope sent him the red biretta on July 31 of the same year. On April 7, 1698 Giorgio Cornaro received Santi XII Apostoli as titular church . He was a member of the Congregation for Bishops and Regulars , the Congregation for Rites, the Council Congregation and the Sacra Consulta . On August 26, 1697 he was transferred to the Episcopal See of Padua with the personal title of Archbishop . He took part in the 1700 conclave , which Pope Clement XI. chose. He was also a participant in the conclave of 1721 , from the Innocent XIII. emerged as Pope.

Giorgio Cornaro was buried in the Cathedral of Padua , where six other bishops from his family are buried.

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predecessor Office successor
Gregorio Barbarigo Bishop of Padua
1697–1722 		Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo
personal data
SURNAME Cornaro, Giorgio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Corner, Giorgio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal and bishop of Padua
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1658
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1722
Place of death Padua