Giuseppe Spinelli
Giuseppe Spinelli (born February 1, 1694 in Naples , † April 12, 1763 in Ostia ) was an Italian cardinal and prefect of the congregation De propaganda fide .
Life
He was the fourth of five children of Giambattista Spinelli, Marquis of Fuscaldo, Prince of Sant'Arcangelo and Duke of Caivano, and his wife Maria Imperiali from the family of the Princes of Francavilla. His great-uncle was Cardinal Lorenzo Imperiali , his uncle was Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali . He was also a cousin of Cardinal Cosimo Imperiali and uncle of the later Cardinal Ferdinando Spinelli , another cardinal from the Spinellis family was Filippo Spinelli .
At the age of thirteen he began his studies at the Seminario Romano in 1707 and lived at the court of his uncle Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, later he attended the University of La Sapienza in Rome, where he received his doctorate iuris utriusque on September 11, 1717 . Afterwards he was chamberlain under Pope Clement XI. In 1719 he brought the red biretta to the newly appointed Cardinal Giorgio Spinola to Vienna, where this nuncio was at the imperial court. Giuseppe Spinelli received on 14 June 1721, the minor orders , the same day the ordination as subdeacon and on March 8, 1722 diaconate . From May 24, 1721 to September 21, 1725 he was Internuntius in Flanders. He was ordained priest on April 17, 1724 in Rome .
On September 5, 1725, Giuseppe Spinelli was appointed titular archbishop of Corinthus and the next day nuncio in Flanders. He was ordained bishop on October 28, 1725 in the cathedral of Mechlin Cardinal Thomas Philippe Wallrad d'Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace-Boussu de Chimay , the archbishop of Mechelen , co- consecrators were Peter Josef von Franken-Siersdorf , Bishop of Antwerp , and Charles d'Espinoza , coadjutor bishop in Antwerp. During his time as nuncio he succeeded in ensuring that the Vicars Apostolic in the United Netherlands could exercise their office, which the University of Leuven excluded the legal scholar Zeger Bernhard van Espen , who represented the position of the Archbishop of Utrecht, Cornelius Steenoven , who was elected against the will of the Curia , and that no one was allowed to teach who had not signed Alexander VII's form .
From 1734 to 1754 he was Archbishop of Naples . In the consistory of January 17, 1735 he was by Pope Clement XII. elevated to cardinal priest of Santa Pudenziana . In this capacity he led a search for the relics of Agrippinus , an early bishop of the city. He also commissioned Stefano Pozzi to decorate the cathedral in Naples .
In 1756 Spinelli was appointed prefect of the congregation De propaganda fide . As early as 1753 he had become Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina , in 1759 he was appointed Cardinal Subdean and Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina , and in 1761 as Cardinal Bishop of Ostia . Spinelli belonged to the so-called Zelanti faction in the Cardinal's College , the traditionalists loyal to the Pope. In June 1761 he became dean of the Holy College .
Web links
- Spinelli, Giuseppe. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 17, 2017.
- Entry on Giuseppe Spinelli on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 17, 2017.
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| SURNAME | Spinelli, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal and prefect of the Congregation for Propaganda |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1694 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1763 |
| Place of death | Ostia |