Scipione Rebiba
Scipione Rebiba (* 1504 in San Marco d'Alunzio ; † July 23, 1577 in Rome ) is the cardinal to whom most of the succession lines known by name ( Apostolic Succession ) go back.
Life
Rebiba studied in Palermo , where he also had a canonical at the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, which he soon renounced. Now going to Rome, he belonged to the household of Cardinal Gian Pietro Carafa , who was also Archbishop of Chieti . Appointed titular bishop of Amyclae and auxiliary bishop in Chieti on March 16, 1541 , he seems to have stayed in Rome, where we find him as apostolic protonotary . When his sponsor Carafa became Archbishop of Naples in 1549 , he sent Rebiba there, where he served for a year as Vicar and Deputy Archbishop. Bishop of Mottola since October 12, 1551 , he was governor of Rome from May 5 to December 20, 1555. After Cardinal Carafa had been elected Pope Paul IV in 1555, he created Rebiba in the consistory of December 20, 1555 as cardinal and appointed him cardinal priest of the titular church of Santa Pudenziana on January 24, 1556 . Raised Archbishop of Pisa on April 13, 1556 , he resigned this office on June 19, 1560 and was appointed Bishop of Troy on the same day , which he ceded to his nephew Prospero a few weeks later. As a cardinal, he moved to the titular church of Sant'Anastasia on July 2, 1565 . A little later, Cardinal Rebiba was appointed titular patriarch of Constantinople by Pope Paul IV on December 8, 1565 . After he had already become cardinal priest of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria on October 7, 1566 , he changed again on July 3, 1570 and was now cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere . At the same time a member of the Inquisition (today the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ), he became Cardinal Bishop of Albano on April 8, 1573 and Cardinal Bishop of Sabina on May 5, 1574 . His grave is in the church of San Silvestro nel Quirinale .
Apostolic succession
Almost all Catholic bishops can be traced back to Scipione Rebiba today. However, it is not known who ordained him bishop. Possibly it was his great patron Gian Pietro Carafa, later Pope Paul IV , whose line can be traced back to 1442 (Oliviero Carafa, Leone de Simone).
Among other things, he was the main consecrator of:
- Giulio Antonio Santorio
- Sel. Paolo Burali d'Arezzo CR
- Bishop Gonzalo Herrera Olivares
- Bishop Gregorio Cruz OP
and first co-consecrator of:
- Bishop Francisco Frías
bibliography
- Basilio Rinaudo: Il cardinale Scipione Rebiba (1504-1577). Vita e azione pastorale di un vescovo riformatore. Patti, L'Ascesa 2007, ISBN 978-88-903039-0-6 .
Web links
- Scipione Rebiba. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
- Entry for Scipione Rebiba on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Giovanni VII. Ricci Poliziano |
Cardinal Bishop of Sabina 1574–1577 |
Giacomo Savelli |
| Giovanni Ricci Poliziano |
Cardinal Bishop of Albano 1573 |
Fulvio della Cornea |
| Ferrando Pandolfini |
Bishop of Troy 1560 |
Prospero Rebiba |
| Onofrio Bartolini de 'Medici |
Archbishop of Pisa 1556–1560 |
Giovanni de 'Medici |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rebiba, Scipione |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal, to whom most of the lines of succession (Apostolic Succession) go back |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1504 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Marco d'Alunzio |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1577 |
| Place of death | Rome |