Giovanni Michiel
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Giovanni Michiel (* 1446 or 1447, died 1503) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Biography[]
Giovanni Michiel was born in Venice sometime between April 1446 and April 1447, the son of Lorenzo Michiel and Nicolosa Barbo, sister of the future Pope Paul II.[1] A cousin, Giovanni Battista Zeno, was also a cardinal (1468).[1]
Early in his career, Michiel served as a protonotary apostolic. During this time, he lived with his uncle in the Apostolic Palace.[1]
His uncle made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of November 21, 1468.[1] He received the red hat and the deaconry of Santa Lucia in Septisolio on November 22, 1468. He opted for the deaconry of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria ca. 1470.[1]
He was named Bishop of Verona in commendam on March 18, 1471; his entry into the see was delayed by the conflict between the Republic of Venice and the Holy See, but then occupied the office until his death.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1471 that elected Pope Sixtus IV.[1] He left Rome with the pope on June 10, 1476 because of an outbreak of bubonic plague, traveling to Viterbo and Foligno; they returned to Rome on October 23.[1] He opted to become a cardinal priest ca. 1484, taking the titular church of San Marcello al Corso, though retaining Sant'Angelo in Pescheria in commendam.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1484 that elected Pope Innocent VIII.[1] On September 15, 1484, he succeeded the incoming pope as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, and was elected to the post on January 9, 1485 until January 11, 1486.[1] The pope named him Bishop of Padua, but the Republic of Venice opposed this appointment and sequestered his revenues, with the result that Michiel resigned the see in March 1487.[1] On June 4, 1486, he was named legate a latare to the Patrimonium Sancti Petri and to the fortresses and castles of the Holy See.[1] He was named Inspector of the papal army raised against Ferdinand I of Naples and later led the negotiations that led to a peace treaty signed on August 11, 1487.[1]
On March 14, 1491, he opted to become a cardinal bishop, taking the suburbicarian see of Albano.[1] On October 10, 1491, he opted for the suburbicarian see of Palestrina.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1492 that elected Pope Alexander VI.[1] On August 31, 1492, the pope named him suburbicarian bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina.[1]
When, as part of the Italian War of 1494–1498, French troops entered Rome on May 27, 1495, he and the pope left Rome for Orvieto.[1] He was named (titular) Latin Patriarch of Antioch on January 23, 1497.[1]
He died in Rome on April 10, 1503, two days after he was poisoned by his cook on the orders of Cesare Borgia.[1] He is buried in San Marcello al Corso.[1]
References[]
- 1503 deaths
- 15th-century Italian cardinals
- 1440s births
- 16th-century Italian cardinals