Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice

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Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice

Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice (born July 16, 1614 in Naples , † November 20, 1660 in Rogliano ) was an Italian Roman Catholic clergyman. He was Archbishop of Cosenza and from 1652 to 1659 Apostolic Nuncio in Cologne .

Life

Giuseppe came from the Neapolitan noble family Sanfelice . He received his humanistic education in the archiepiscopal seminary in Naples, his philosophical education at the Jesuit college . 1631, only 17 years old, he received his law doctorate. At the age of 24, the Viceroy of Sicily entrusted him with an important state office. However, he decided on a spiritual career and went to Rome, where he was appointed trainee lawyer at the apostolic signature even before his priestly ordination - which he received shortly before his episcopal ordination . In 1643 he was appointed by Pope Urban VIII as governor of Imola . He demonstrated diplomatic skills in the conflict between the Duchy of Parma and the Papal States . Innocent X made him deputy delegate in Ferrara , sent him to Fermo to conduct negotiations when riots broke out against the papal administration, and finally installed him as governor of Perugia . In 1650 he appointed him Archbishop of Cosenza . In 1652 he entrusted him with the nunciature in Cologne. From there he visited numerous monasteries. He traveled to Protestant territories in Germany and the Netherlands and promoted the establishment of missions and the care of converts . He supported Bartholomäus Holzhauser and recommended him to the Holy See.

Alexander VII , who became Pope in 1655, confirmed Sanfelice in his office. In 1658 he sent him to Frankfurt as a special representative for the election of the emperor , from which, after long disputes, the candidate Leopold I, desired by the Holy See, emerged as the successor to his brother, who had died in 1654 . Sanfelice wrote a diary ( Diario ) about the election of the emperor, but also about his travels as nuncio , which his nephew Ferdinando Sanfelice had printed in 1717.

In 1659 Alexander VII called Sanfelice back to Rome, whose health was already bad. From there he went to his archbishopric and died in Rogliano during a visitation trip. He was buried in the Cathedral of Cosenza.

literature

  • Diego Maza: Compendio della vita di Monsignor Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice , appendix (after p. 338) to: Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice: Diario dell'elezzione dell'Imperador Leopoldo I , published by Ferdinando Sanfelice, Naples 1717 ( digital copy )

Web links

Commons : Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maza, p. 7
  2. ^ Maza, p. 27
  3. ^ Maza, p. 8
personal data
SURNAME Sanfelice, Giuseppe Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES San Felice, Giuseppe Francisco Maria; Sanfelicius, Joseph Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Cosenza, Apostolic Nuncio in Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1614
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1660
Place of death Rogliano