Opizio Pallavicini
Opizio Pallavicini (born October 15, 1632 in Genoa , † February 11, 1700 in Rome ) was an Italian clergyman, bishop , papal diplomat and cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
He came from the Genoese patrician family Pallavicini and was the fourth of six children of Senator Girolamo Pallavicini, marchese of the Holy Roman Empire , and his wife Maddalena Spinola. He received his doctorate iuris utriusque and was ordained a priest . Under the pontificate of Pope Innocent X , Opizio Pallavicini moved to Rome and became a trainee lawyer at the courts of justice of the Apostolic Signature , later he was governor of various cities in the Papal States .
Pope Clement IX appointed him on February 27, 1668 titular Archbishop of Ephesus . Opizio Pallavicini became nuncio in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany on June 1, 1668 . From November 29, 1672 he was nuncio in Cologne . Pallavicini acted as nuncio in Poland-Lithuania from September 30, 1680. He was one of the main diplomatic actors in the Turkish wars of the 17th century.
Pope Innocent XI. created him in the consistory of September 2, 1686 as cardinal priest . Pallavicini was cardinal legate in Urbino from July 12, 1688 to 1690. The Pope awarded him the red hat and San Martino ai Monti as the titular church on November 14, 1689. Opizio Pallavicini participated in the 1689 conclave , which Pope Alexander VIII elected. On November 28, 1689, he became Bishop of Spoleto with the personal title of Archbishop . Almost two years later, on August 8, 1691, Cardinal Pallavicini - still with the personal title of Archbishop - became Bishop of Osimo . He was a participant in the conclave of 1691 , from the Innocent XII. emerged as Pope.
Opizio Pallavicini died in the Roman Palazzo Buratti , which he lived in. He had had a stroke three days before he died and has been unconscious since then. He was buried on February 13, 1700 in his titular church, San Martino ai Monti .
literature
- Antonio Menniti Ippolito: Pallavicino (Pallavicini), Opizio. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 80: Ottone I-Pansa. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2014.
Web links
- Pallavicini, Opizio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed June 19, 2019.
- Entry on Opizio Pallavicini on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on June 19, 2019.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Bichi |
Bishop of Osimo 1691–1700 |
Michelangelo dei Conti |
| Ludovico Sciamanna |
Bishop of Spoleto 1689–1691 |
Marcello Durazzo |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pallavicini, Opizio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, bishop, papal diplomat and cardinal of the Roman Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1700 |
| Place of death | Rome |