Silvio Valenti Gonzaga

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Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga on a painting by Pierre Subleyras from 1745

Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (born March 1, 1690 in Mantua , † August 28, 1756 in Viterbo ) was an Italian clergyman, titular archbishop , cardinal and cardinal secretary of state .

Life

Coat of arms of those Valenti Gonzaga

His family's history was closely tied to the Gonzaga house they had served in Mantua. In 1518, the ancestor Valente Valenti received the privilege of using the family name of the dynasty ruling in Mantua by a decree of Margrave Gianfrancesco II Gonzaga . This later led to the assumption that House Valenti was closely related to House Gonzaga. In fact, Isabella, the mother of Silvio's grandfather Odoardo Valenti Gonzaga (1620–1677), was born Gonzaga. She was married to Silvio's great-grandfather Ottavio Valenti Gonzaga (1579-1630).

The Palazzo Valenti Gonzaga in Mantua, built in 1670 by the architect Frans Geffels , the birthplace of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1972)

Silvio was born as the second of the four children of Marchese Carlo Valenti and Barbara Andreasi. His sister was Donna Osanna, wife of Count Pompei at Pontara. His brother was Marchese Odoardo Valenti Gonzaga, imperial chief finance director and treasurer of Mantua. His son was Luigi Valenti Gonzaga (1725-1808), who, brought by his uncle Silvio to the Roman Curia and promoted there within the framework of the usual nepotism , was also cardinal in 1776.

Valenti Gonzaga attended in his youth the Collegio de 'Nobili in Parma and the University of Ferrara , where he obtained a doctorate in law in 1710 . After his studies, he worked as a papal honorary chaplain and in other functions for the Holy See and was ordained a priest on June 3, 1731 . Pope Clement XII appointed him as early as the next month . titular Archbishop of Nicaea . He was ordained bishop on July 22, 1731 in Rome by Cardinal Álvaro Cienfuegos SJ ; Co- consecrators were Giuseppe Spinelli , Nuncio in Flanders, and Archbishop Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini . From 1736 to 1738 Valenti Gonzaga was Apostolic Nuncio in Spain . In 1738 he was promoted to cardinal. As such, he acted from 1740 to 1747 and from 1747 to 1753 as cardinal priest of the titular churches of Santa Prisca and San Callisto and as Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1749–1750). He took part in the 1740 conclave in which Benedict XIV was elected Pope. The new Pope immediately appointed Valenti Gonzaga Cardinal Secretary of State , making him the most important Minister of State in the papal court. From 1753 until his death, Valenti Gonzaga held the office of Cardinal Bishop of Sabina .

Valenti Gonzaga owned an extensive collection of paintings that were sold in Amsterdam after his death in 1763.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Valenti . In: Johann Heinrich Zedler , Carl Günther Ludovici (Hrsg.): Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts, which were invented and improved by human understanding and wit . tape 46 . Johann Heinrich Zedler, Leipzig and Halle 1745, Sp. 207 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ Brevi cenni storici su Palazzo Valenti Gonzaga. Galleria Museo di Palazzo Valenti Gonzaga in Mantova, December 14, 2008, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on October 13, 2019 (Italian).
  3. ^ A b Maria Giuseppina Sordi: I luoghi dei Valenti Gonzaga - Case e atmosfere della famiglia di Silvio il collezionista. Galleria Museo di Palazzo Valenti Gonzaga in Mantova, archived from the original on April 3, 2015 ; accessed on October 13, 2019 (Italian).
  4. ^ Anne Jacobson Schutte: Pier Paolo Vergerio: The Making of an Italian Reformer . Librairie Droz, 1977, ISBN 2-600-03072-7 , pp. 129 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ a b c Life and death of the recently deceased Cardinal Valenti . In: New Genealogical-Historical News . 73rd part. Johann Samuel Heinsius, Leipzig 1756, p. 1104–1111 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ↑ a b The genealogical-historical Archivarius . XLVIII. Part. Heinsius, Leipzig 1738, p. 721 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  7. ↑ a b Valenti Gonzaga, Silvio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed October 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ Michael Ranft: Strange life story of all cardinals of the Rom. Cathol. Church who have left the temporal in this now running Seculo . tape 4 , edition 2.Monday, Regensburg 1781, p. 460 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
predecessor Office successor
Raniero d'Elci Cardinal Bishop of Sabina
1753–1756 		Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero
personal data
SURNAME Valenti Gonzaga, Silvio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, titular archbishop and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Mantua
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1756
Place of death Viterbo