Luigi Omodei
Luigi Omodei (born March 20, 1657 in Madrid , † August 18, 1706 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal.
biography
Luigi Omodei was born the son of Agostino Omodei from Milan and Marchese of Almonacid in Spain and his third wife Maria Pacheco de Moura from Madrid. His father's family were a noble Milanese family who owned the margraviate of Villanova and Piovera. Cardinal Luigi Alessandro Omodei was his uncle and very important for Luigi Omodei's ecclesiastical career.
Pope Alexander VIII elevated him to cardinal deacon on February 13, 1690.
Omodei participated in the conclaves of 1691 and 1700 .
literature
- Franco Arese: Genealogy patrizie milanesi . In: Dante Zanetti (ed.): La demografia del patriziato milanese nei secoli XVII, XVIII, XIX . Università di Pavia, Pavia 1972, p. A80-A81, A153-A158 (Italian).
- Andrea Spiriti: La grande decorazione barocca: iconografia e gusto . In: Maria Luisa Gatti Perer (ed.): Il palazzo Arese Borromeo a Cesano Maderno . Milan 1999, p. 43-188 (Italian).
- Giovanni Ghisolfi from Milano, Venezia e Vicenza: contributo al neoveronesismo . In: Arte documento . tape 15 , 2000, pp. 149-152 (Italian).
Web links
Commons : Luigi Omodei - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- OMODEI, iuniore , Luigi. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
- Entry on Luigi Omodei on catholic-hierarchy.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Omodei, Luigi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Homodeus, Aloysius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal and bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1657 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1706 |
| Place of death | Rome |