Giovanni Doria (bishop)

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Giovanni Doria
Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo
Orders
Consecration	May 4, 1608 by Pope Paul V
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	March 15, 1573 Genoa
Died	October 19, 1642(1642-10-19) (aged 69) Palermo, Sicily
Buried	Palermo Cathedral
Parents	Giovanni Andrea Doria, Princess Zenobia Doria del Carretto

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Giovanni Doria (24 March 1573, Genoa – Palermo, Sicily, 19 October 1642), called Giannettino, the son of Giovanni Andrea Doria, 6th Prince of Melfi, and Princess Zenobia Doria del Carretto, 5th Princess of Melfi.^[1]

Biography[]

Doria studied philosophy and theology in Spain being promoted to the Cardinalate at the instance of King Felipe II of Spain. Once king Philip II died, he was created cardinal deacon, aged 31, in the consistory of June 9, 1604. Doria was granted permission to receive the sacred orders outside the Ember days, December 9, 1604. He participated in both the March–April 1605 papal conclave, which elected Pope Leo XI, and in the May 1605 papal conclave, which elected Pope Paul V.

Doria received the red hat, the deaconry of S. Adriano, December 5, 1605, and the position of Abbot commendatario of San Fruttuoso in Camogli. He was elected titular archbishop of Thessalonica and named coadjutor, with right of succession, of Palermo, on February 4, 1608. He was consecrated on May 4, 1608, at Rome, by Pope Paul V.

He succeeded to the see of Palermo, Sicily, July 5, 1608. He served as Viceroy of Sicily and lieutenant of the king of Spain from February 8, 1610 to March 1611, July to August 1616, from August 1, 1624 to 1626 and from 1639 to June 1641.^{[clarification needed]}

Doria participated in the 1621 papal conclave, which elected Pope Gregory XV. He next participated in the 1623 papal conclave, which elected Pope Urban VIII. On October 2, 1623, Doria opted for the order of cardinal priests and the title of San Pietro in Montorio,

He celebrated the discovery of the relics of Saint Rosalia, and promoted her cult as patroness and protector of Palermo.

He died on November 19, 1642, at Palermo and was buried in the chapel of S. Rosalia, in the metropolitan cathedral of Palermo.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of , Bishop of Cefalù (1621).^[2]

Sources[]

• Bracco, Raffaele (1960). Il principe Giannandrea Doria: patriae libertatis conservator, conte di Loano, fondatore di S. Agostino. Genoa.
• Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1793, VI, 113-115
• Gauchat,Patritium. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Münster : Sumptibus et Typis Librariae Regensbergianae, 1935; reprint, Padua : Il Messagero di S. Antonio, 1960, IV, 8, 47, 50, 272 and 335.