Ottavio Accoramboni

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Ottavio Accoramboni
Archbishop of Urbino
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in background the Ottavio bishop of Urbino
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Urbino
In office1621–1623
PredecessorBenedetto Ala
Successor
Orders
Consecration8 June 1579 (Bishop)
by Card. Benedetto Lomellini
Personal details
Born1549
Roma, Papal States
Died23 May 1625(1625-05-23) (aged 75–76)
Roma, Papal States
NationalityDuchy of Urbino
Previous post(s)Bishop of Fossombrone (1579–1610)
Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1614–1620)

Ottavio Accoramboni (1549 – 23 May 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Urbino (1621–1623), Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1614–1620), and Bishop of Fossombrone (1579–1610).

Biography[]

Ottavio Accoramboni was born in Roma in the first months of 1549, into a family of Gubbio. He studied at the Roman College by the Jesuits and at the University of Padua.[1] His younger sister, Vittoria, married in 1573 Francesco Peretti, a nephew of Cardinal Montalto, who supported the ecclesiastic career of Ottavio. On 15 May 1579 he was appointed bishop of Fossombrone in the Duchy of Urbino.[2] His episcopal consecration followed on 8 June in the Sistine Chapel by the hands of cardinal Benedetto Lomellini.[3] He remained unrelated to the bloody events which involved his sister Vittoria. Ottavio resignated from his bishopric in 1610 and returned to live in Rome.[1]

On 4 June 1614, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.[4] In Portugal Ottavio supported the action of the Jesuits in the Far East, and introduced the cult of Charles Borromeo and Frances of Rome: in particular on 27 June 1616 he organized a procession by boats from Aldeia Galega to Lisbon in honor of Saint Charles.[5] The other main effort of Ottavio was to defend the interests of the Church and in particular he opposed the law that required a permit of the king for the ecclesiastics to buy real estates. To sanction violations of the Church's jurisdiction, on 27 June 1617 he imposed a general interdict in Portugal, which was left only on 30 May of the following year after the intervention of Rome.[5]

On 4 June 1620 Vincenzo Landinelli was appointed as Nuncio in his place,[4] but Ottavio remained in Portugal until the end of 1622.[5] On 17 May 1621, he had been appointed Archbishop of Urbino,[6] however he resigned in 1623 for health problems. He died in Rome on 23 May 1625,[1] and he was buried in the church of San Gregorio al Celio. On about 1672 his relatives moved his tomb to the new erected family chapel in Sant'Andrea delle Fratte.

Episcopal succession[]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[3]

  • Rodrigo da Cunha, Bishop of Portalegre (1615);
  • , Bishop of Funay (1618);
  • , Bishop of Faro (1618);

and the principal co-consecrator of:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Accoramboni, Ottavio". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 1: Aaron–Albertucci (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 1960.
  2. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 198. (in Latin)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c David Cheney. "Archbishop Ottavio Accoramboni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Biaudet, Henry (1910). Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes jusqu'en 1648. Helsinki: Suomalainen tiedeakatemia. p. 249,270.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Accoramboni, Octávio" (in Portuguese). Cátedra de Estudos Sefarditas «Alberto Benveniste». Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  6. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 353. (in Latin)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
 Bishop of Fossombrone
1579–1610 		Succeeded by
Giovanni Canauli
Preceded by
Gaspare Paluzzi degli Albertoni 		Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
1614–1620 		Succeeded by
Vincenzo Landinelli
Preceded by
Benedetto Ala 		Archbishop of Urbino
1621–1623 		Succeeded by
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