Scipione Lancellotti

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Scipione Lancellotti , also Scipione Lancelotti (* probably December 1527 in Rome , † June 2, 1598 ibid) was cardinal of the Roman Church . He was a member of the curia .

Life

He was the second of four children of Orazio Lancellotti, personal physician to Pope Julius II and his wife Antonina Aragonia. His brother Lancellotto later became Archbishop of Rossano . Lancellotti was the uncle of the later Cardinal Orazio Lancellotti . Other cardinals from the same family were Giulio Gabrielli the Elder , whose mother was born Lancellotti, and Filippo Lancellotti .

He studied at the University of Bologna , where he received his doctorate iuris utriusque in 1547 . Under Pope Paul III. he entered the service of the Curia . Pope Paul IV entrusted him with diplomatic missions in Romagna and Venice , Pius IV with those in Milan, where he met Cardinal Charles Borromeo , and sent him to the Council of Trent , where he was to ask the Ambassador of Spain for assistance. to work towards the Spanish King, the Roman King Maximilian II and Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria to promote the participation of the bishops in the council. Upon his return, Lancellotti was appointed auditor of the Roman Rota on October 2, 1566 as the successor to Prospero Santacroce, who had been elevated to cardinal . Shortly afterwards he was sent to Trento again by Pope Pius V , with the task of resolving the profound differences between the local Archbishop Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo and his chapter on the one hand and the Duke of Bavaria, King Maximilian II and Archduke Ferdinand of Austria on the other Side to arbitrate, this matter he successfully completed. In the same year he was present at the Reichstag in Augsburg as an assistant to Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Commendone . Pope Gregory XIII commissioned him to accompany Cardinal Flavio Orsini , as this as legatus a latere to King Charles IX. sent by France . In doing so, “he exceeded the expectations that were placed on him based on his skills and knowledge”.

Pope Gregory XIII elevated him to a cardinalate in the consistory of December 12, 1583 , the cardinal's hat and the titular church of San Simeone Profeta were awarded to him as cardinal priest on January 9, 1584. He was a participant in the conclave of 1585 with the election of Sixtus V. On April 20, 1587 he moved to the titular church of San Salvatore in Lauro . He took part both in the first conclave in 1590 , which elected Urban VII as pope, and in the second conclave of the same year , from which Gregory XIV emerged as pope. He was also among the cardinals when Pope Innocent IX at the conclave in 1591 . was chosen. Finally he also took part in the papal election in 1592 , which brought Clement VIII to the chair of Peter.

Scipione Lancellotti died on June 2, 1598 in Rome and was buried in the Lateran basilica .

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  1. ↑ " Supero l'espettazione, che erasi formata della di lui abilità, e saviezza ". Lorenzo Cardella: Memorie storiche de 'cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Volume V. Stamperia Pagliarini, Rome 1793, p. 217 ( full view in the Google book search)
personal data
SURNAME Lancellotti, Scipione
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lancelotti, Scipione
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: December 1527
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1598
Place of death Rome