Girolamo Casanate

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Girolamo Casanate (born February 13, 1620 in Naples , † March 3, 1700 in Rome ; also Girolamo Casanata ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He was the son of Tomás (or Matías) Casanate, member of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Naples and diplomat, and his wife Juana (Giovanna) Dalmau. He had been in contact with the Dominicans since childhood, and in 1633 received the tonsure. Girolamo Casanate studied at the University of Naples , where he received his doctorate iuris utriusque in 1635 . He then practiced law in Naples. At the suggestion of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pamphilj, later Pope Innocent X , he entered the clergy. In 1645 he became chamberlain, and on January 15, 1648 governor of the cities of Sabina . In 1652 he was governor of Fabriano and from September 3, 1653, governor of Camerino, he moved there on September 14, 1653 of the same year. From 1656 to 1658 he was governor of Ancona, from 1657 also trainee lawyer at the courts of the Apostolic Signature . From 1658 to 1663 he was an inquisitor in Malta. After his return in Rome he became a relator of the Sacra Consulta , consultor of the Congregation of Rites and consultor of the Congregation Propaganda Fide . Other positions in the Roman Curia followed .

In the consistory of June 12, 1673 , Pope Clement X appointed him cardinal deacon with dispensation from the fact that he had not yet received an ordination . The red hat was Girolamo Casanate after June 12 of that year for sub-deacon was ordained on June 15, 1673 as Title Diakonie him was on July 17 of that year in Portico Campitelli Santa Maria transmitted. He was a member of the Congregation for Bishops and Regulars , the Council Congregation , the Religious Congregation, the Congregation for the Apostolic Visitations and the Dombauhütte of St. Peter . On December 2, 1675 he opted for the title deaconry San Cesareo in Palatio . Girolamo Casanate took part in the conclave of 1676 , the Innocent XI. elected to the Pope. On April 6, 1682 he opted for the Diakonie Sant'Agata in Suburra and in the same year became Pro-Vicar General of Rome. On September 16, 1686 he opted for the cardinal class of cardinal priests and the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo . He was a participant in the 1689 conclave, from which Alexander VIII emerged as Pope. On November 7, 1689 he opted for the titular church of San Silvestro in Capite . Finally he took part in the conclave of 1691 , which Innocent XII. elected to the Pope. From December 2, 1693 until his death he was the librarian of the Holy Roman Church . From 1698 he was prefect of the Index Congregation . He founded the Biblioteca Casanatense and equipped it. During his life he collected more than 25,000 books that he bequeathed to the Dominicans in his will.

Girolamo Casanate died on the morning of March 3, 1700 in his Roman palace near the monastery of Santi XII Apostoli . After the funeral service in Santa Maria sopra Minerva , he was in the Lateran Basilica buried, while his heart in Santa Maria sopra Minerva buried was.

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  1. ↑ so Luciano Ceyssens in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , according to Umberto Benigni in the Catholic Encyclopedia he was born on July 13, 1620
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SURNAME Casanate, Girolamo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casanata, Girolamo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1620 or July 13, 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1700
Place of death Rome