Pietro Antonio Zorzi
Pietro Antonio Zorzi CRS (born November 7, 1745 in Novigrad , † December 17, 1803 in Udine ) was Archbishop of Udine and cardinal .
Life
Zorzi, who came from an aristocratic Venetian family, joined in 1764 the Somaskerorden at and received on 17 December 1768 in Verona , the ordination . In 1774 he became rector of the Collegio dei Nobili in Brescia , and later held the same position in Venice .
Pope Pius VI appointed him on the proposal of the Venetian Senate on April 3, 1786 Bishop of Ceneda . The episcopal ordination received Zorzi on April 17 of that year in Rome by Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico . On September 24, 1792 Pius VI appointed him. as Archbishop of Udine after the Doge of Venice , Ludovico Manin , had proposed him for this office a month earlier.
Pope Pius VII accepted him into the College of Cardinals in the consistory of January 17, 1803 . Cardinal Zorzi died that same year before the Pope could assign him his titular church.
Web links
- Zorzi, Pietro Antonio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 28, 2016.
- Entry on Pietro Antonio Zorzi on catholic-hierarchy.org
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zorzi, Pietro Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zorzi, Pietro Antonio CRS |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian chaplain, archbishop of Udine and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Novigrad |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1803 |
| Place of death | Udine |