Girolamo Buonvisi Explained

Type:	Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:	His Eminence
Girolamo Buonvisi
Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
Church:	Catholic Church
Consecration:	30 Jul 1651
Consecrated By:	Marcantonio Franciotti
Birth Date:	12 May 1607
Birth Place:	Lucca, Italy
Death Date:	21 Feb 1677 (age 69)

Girolamo Buonvisi (1607–1677) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal.^[1]

Biography

On 30 Jul 1651, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Giambattista Spada, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, and Carlo Carafa della Spina, Bishop of Aversa, serving as co-consecrators.^[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Giacomo Giordano, Bishop of Lacedonia (1651);
• Gabriel Ortiz de Orbé, Bishop of Gaeta (1651); and
• Alessandro Argoli, Bishop of Veroli (1651).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian). Miranda . Salvador . BUONVISI, Girolamo (1607-1677). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . 29 February 2016. Florida International University. 53276621.
2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Girolamo Cardinal Buonvisi. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.