Marcello Lante della Rovere
Marcello Lante della Rovere | |
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![]() Cardinal Marcello Lante della Rovere (1606) | |
Church | Catholic Church |
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Consecration | 14 Jan 1607 by Pope Paul V |
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Born | 1561 Rome, Italy |
Died | 19 April 1652 (age 91) Rome, Italy |
Marcello Lante della Rovere (1561 – 19 April 1652) was an Italian people Catholic Cardinal appointed Dean and Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals.
Family and early life[]
Lante was born 1561, the son of Ludovico Lante of the Dukes Della Rovere and M. Lavinia Maffei. His sister was married to Pope Paul V's brother and his nephew was Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere who became Duke of Bomarzo
As a young man he was named cleric and then auditor-general of the Apostolic Chamber of Pope Clement VIII.
Ecclesiastic career[]
He was elevated to Cardinal on 11 September 1606 and installed as Cardinal-Priest at the church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta. In December of that same year he was elected Bishop of Todi where he served for until 1625. On 14 Jan 1607, he was consecrated bishop by Pope Paul V with Ottavio Paravicini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Alessio, and Carlo Conti, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, serving as co-consecrators.[1]
Participated in the Papal conclave of 1621 and then the conclave of 1623 which elected Pope Urban VIII. During Urban's pontificate he was appointed to a number of Church administrative positions including Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1625 to 1626) before being appointed Dean of the College of Cardinals in time to preside over the conclave of 1644 which elected Urban's successor, Pope Innocent X.
For a year, in 1629, he served at Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and later that year he was appointed Bishop of Frascati and served for 10 years until being appointed Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1639.[2]
Lante died on 18 April 1652 and was buried at the San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani.
Episcopal succession[]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[1]
- Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, Bishop of Troia (1607);
- Timocrate Aloigi (Democrate Aloisi), Bishop of Cagli (1607);
- Orazio Maffei, Archbishop of Chieti (1607);
- Fabrizio Degli Afflitti, Bishop of Boiano (1608);
- Girolamo Asteo, Bishop of Veroli (1608);
- , Bishop of Sora (1609);
- , Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (1609);
- (Giovanni Spilla), Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1611);
- (Gabriele Nari), Bishop of San Marco (1613);
- Agostino Cassandra, Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1614);
- , Bishop of Amelia (1623);
- (Michael Misserotti), Bishop of Bitetto (1624);
- , Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (1624);
- Fabio Olivadisi, Bishop of Lavello (1626);
- Gerolamo Cappello, Bishop of Termoli (1626);
- , Bishop of Città Ducale (1627);
- , Bishop of Martirano (1627);
- Giuliano Viviani, Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia-Velletri and Titular Bishop of Salona (1629);
- , Bishop of Andria (1632);
- , Bishop of Acqui (1632);
- , Bishop of Capodistria (1632);
- , Bishop of Sora (1632);
- , Bishop of Città Ducale (1632);
- , Bishop of Oria (1632);
- , Bishop of Belcastro (1633);
- , Bishop of Minervino Murge (1633);
- Marc'Antonio Verità, Bishop of Ossero (1633);
- , Bishop of San Marco (1633);
- Brandimarte Tommasi, Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina and Titular Bishop of Salamis (1633);
- , Bishop of Rieti (1634);
- , Bishop of Chiusi (1638);
- Francesco Antonio Biondo, Bishop of Capri (1638);
- Marco Antonio Coccini, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1638);
- , Bishop of Colle di Val d'Elsa (1638);
- , Bishop of Umbriatico (1639);
- , Bishop of Nusco (1642);
- Ascanio Maffei, Archbishop of Urbino (1646);
- Bonaventura Claverio, Bishop of Potenza (1646);
- , Bishop of Caiazzo (1648);
- Francesco Antonio Roberti, Bishop of Alessano (1648); and
- , Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (1648);
and the principal co-consecrator of:[1]
- Pompeio Arrigoni, Archbishop of Benevento (1607);
- Anselmo Marzato, Archbishop of Chieti (1607);
- Benedetto Giustiniani, Bishop of Palestrina (1612); and
- Francesco Peretti di Montalto, Archbishop of Monreale (1650).
References and notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Cheney, David M. "Marcello Cardinal Lante della Rovere". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "LANTE, Marcello (1561-1652)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- 1561 births
- 1652 deaths
- 17th-century Italian cardinals
- Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina