Giacomo Monico Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Giacomo Monico
Patriarch of Venice
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Venice
See:Venice
Appointed:9 April 1827
Enthroned:8 September 1827
Term End:25 April 1851
Predecessor:Ján Krstitel Ladislav Pryker
Successor:Pietro Antonio Mutti
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo (1834-51)
Ordination:21 March 1801
Ordained By:Bernardino Marini
Consecration:9 November 1823
Consecrated By:Ján Krstitel Ladislav Pryker
Cardinal:29 July 1833
Created Cardinal By:Pope Gregory XVI
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Giacomo Monico
Birth Date:26 June 1776
Birth Place:Riese, Republic of Venice
Death Place:Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Buried:Saint Mark's Basilica
Parents:Giambattista Monico
Antonia Cavallini
Previous Post:Bishop of Ceneda (1823-27)
Cardinal Name:Giacomo Monico
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence

Giacomo Monico (1776–1851) was an Italian prelate who was named Patriarch of Venice in 1827 and Cardinal in 1833.[1]

Life

Born in Riese, he was educated in the seminary of the diocese of Treviso and ordained in 1801. He then taught at local seminary before being named parish pastor in Asolo. In 1823 he was appointed as bishop of Ceneda, now Vittorio Veneto. In 1827 he was named Patriarch of Venice. During his tenure as head of the diocese of Venice he was a strong supporter of the rule of the house of Habsburg, and after the defeat of the Republic of San Marco he presided over a solemn Te Deum in the Basilica of San Marco.[2]

Although becoming a cardinal in 1833, he didn't participate in the conclave of 1846. He died in 1851.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1833-ii.htm From Prof. Miranda website
  2. I.Montanelli, Storia d'Italia, 2003.