Marcantonio Gozzadini Explained

Type:Cardinal
Marcantonio Cardinal Gozzadini †
See:Diocese of Faenza
Cardinal priest of Sant'Agata dei Goti
Bishop of Faenza
Consecration:13 March 1622
Consecrated By:Ludovico Ludovisi
Enthroned:7 June 1623 – 1 September 1623
Cardinal:21 July 1621
Predecessor:sede vacante
Successor:Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri
Other Post:Previously Bishop of Tivoli
Birth Date:1574
Birth Place:Bologna, Italy
Death Date:1 September 1623 (aged 49)
Death Place:Rome

Marcantonio Gozzadini (1574  - 1 September 1623) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Biography

He was born in Bologna into a patrician family. He was a cousin of Pope Gregory XV.[1]

He studied canon and civil law at the University of Bologna and started both his judicial and ecclesiastical career there, but in 1616 he was transferred to Rome as advocate of the Roman Curia.

Gozzadini was created cardinal priest in the consistory of 21 July 1621 and opted for the title of Sant'Eusebio. He was also made Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta by Pope Gregory XV.

In 1621 he was elected Bishop of Tivoli and opted for the title of S. Agata in Suburra on 23 May 1623. On 13 March 1622 he was consecrated bishop by Ludovico Ludovisi, Archbishop of Bologna, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canos, and Ulpiano Volpi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 7 June 1623 he was transferred to the Diocese of Faenza. Gozzadini participated in the Papal conclave of 1623.

He died in Rome in 1623.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian) . Miranda . Salvador . GOZZADINI, Marcantonio (1574-1623). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Florida International University. 53276621.
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgozz.html "Marco Antonio Cardinal Gozzadini"