Ottavio Belmosto
Ottavio Belmosto (also Ottavio Belmusti ; * 1559 in Venzolasca ( Republic of Genoa ), † November 16, 1618 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal .
Life
Ottavio Belmosto came from a wealthy banking family of Corsican and Genoese origins. His father, Luigi Belmosto, Podestà of the city of Bastia , became spokesman for Corsica in the Senate of the Republic of Genoa in 1563 . His mother belongs to the noble family Gandolfi von Bastia. Ottavio was the eldest of three sons, his brothers were Antonio, a merchant and banker in Naples, and Agostino, also a banker in Cosenza and Naples, who was appointed postmaster general for Italy by King Philip II of Spain in 1595 .
Ottavio Belmosto studied canon law and civil law in Rome and Naples . He served for some time in the Roman Curia and was ordained a priest in March 1591. On July 31, 1591 he was appointed Bishop of Aleria by Gregory XIV , which he remained until 1608. He spent most of his time settling endless disputes between warring families over the vendetta . In 1608 he ceded his episcopate to Domenico Rivarola in return for an annual pension of two thousand ducats . He settled first under Bonifazio Caetani , then after 1612 under Cardinal Rivarola as vice delegate of Romagna in Rome, then in Ravenna .
Pope Paul V gave him a post at the Sacra Consulta and October 17 In 1616 he was San Carlo ai Catinari with the titular church of Cardinal Priest charged.
literature
- Giovanni Zarrilli: BELMOSTO, Antonio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 8: Bellucci – Beregan. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1966.
- OF Tencajoli: Cardinali corsi. Ottavio Belmosto vescovo di Aleria, vice-legato di Ravenna . In: Corsica antica e moderna . tape 11 , 1933.
- I. Rinieri: I vescovi della Corsica . Livorno 1934.
Web links
- Entry on Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) on catholic-hierarchy.org
- BELMOSTO, Ottavio (1559-1618). In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed April 10, 2020.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Sauli B |
Bishop of Aleria 1591–1608 |
Domenico Rivarola |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Belmosto, Ottavio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belmusti, Ottavio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian bishop and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1559 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venzolasca |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1618 |
| Place of death | Rome |