Giovanni Alberto Badoer

Giovanni Alberto Cardinal Badoer

Giovanni Alberto Badoer , also Gianalberto Badoaro , (born May 12, 1649 in Venice , † May 17, 1714 in Brescia ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He was born the son of the Venetian patrician Francesco Badoaro and his wife Elena Michiel. His uncle and godfather Alberto Badoaro , Bishop of Crema , took care of the spiritual training of Giovanni Alberto and in 1663 appointed him canon of his cathedral, he also ordained the young cleric as subdeacon . After his uncle's death in 1677, Giovanni Alberto Badoer went to Padua , where he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Gregorio Barbarigo, who gave him a canonical. 1684 appointed him Doge Luigi Contarini to Primicerius of San Marco . On September 16, 1688 he was appointed Patriarch of Venice and Primate of Dalmatia . He received his episcopal ordination on November 6, 1688 in the Church of San Lorenzo in Venice by Cardinal Gregorio Barbarigo, the Bishop of Padua ; Co- consecrators were Giacomo Vianoli , Bishop of Torcello , and Pietro Leoni , Bishop of Ceneda . There are numerous contemporary reports about the lavish solemn move-in and the taking of ownership between November 22nd and 25th. From 1706 until his death in 1714 he was Bishop of Brescia . Badoer was on May 17, 1706 by Pope Clement XI. elevated to cardinal priest and was assigned the titular church of San Marcello .

Giovanni Alberto Badoer died in Brescia in 1714 of a severe fever that he contracted on a pastoral trip and was buried in the cathedral there.

Considered a very pious man, a process of beatification was opened for him and he was awarded the title of Venerable Servant of God .

Gian Franco Torcellan: Badoer, Giovanni Alberto. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 5: Bacca-Baratta. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1963.

↑ So according to Badoaro, Gianalberto. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English); in the entry on Gianalberto Badoer (Badoaro) on catholic-hierarchy.org , however, it says that the episcopal ordination took place on November 20th.

predecessor	Office	successor
Domenico Marco Dolfin	Bishop of Brescia 1706–1714	Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo
Alvise Sagredo	Patriarch of Venice 1688–1706	Pietro Barbarigo

personal data
SURNAME	Badoer, Giovanni Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Badoaro, Gianalberto; Badoaro, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1649
PLACE OF BIRTH	Venice
DATE OF DEATH	May 17, 1714
Place of death	Brescia