Ulderico Carpegna Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Ulderico Carpegna
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:28 January 1675
Ended:24 January 1679
Predecessor:Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Successor:Cesare Facchinetti
Consecration:7 October 1630
Consecrated By:Luigi Caetani
Cardinal:28 November 1633
Created Cardinal By:Urban VIII
Rank:Cardinal-Bishop
Birth Date:24 June 1595
Birth Place:Scavolino, Italy
Death Date:24 January 1679 (age 83)
Death Place:Rome, Papal States
Nationality:Italian
Religion:Roman Catholic

Ulderico Carpegna (24 June 1595 – 24 January 1679) was an Italian jurist and Cardinal.

Biography

Born at Scavolino, he was from a family of the Roman nobility, connected with the Montefeltro family.

He became bishop of Gubbio[1] in 1630, and cardinal in 1633.[2] He was bishop of Todi from 1638, resigning by 1643. He was Camerlengo for a year from 1648. Consecrated by Luigi Caetani, he became bishop of Albano in 1666, bishop of Frascati in 1671, and bishop of Porto and Santa-Rufina in 1675.[2] He died in Rome. Through his episcopal consecration of Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, he is part of the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis. He is also connected to the lineage of Pope Benedict XVI.

Carpegna was a patron of Francesco Borromini and commissioned the Baroque architect important works of transformation and expansion of his palace at Fontana di Trevi. As a token of gratitude, Borromini named the prelate executor of his will and bequeathed him money and objects of considerable value "for", as he wrote, "the infinite debt I have toward him".[3]

The Fondo Carpegna of the Vatican Secret Archives contains material relating to Ulderico Carpegna and Gaspare Carpegna.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarp.html "Ulderico Carpegna"
  2. Book: Moroni, Gaetano. Dizionario Di Erudizione Storico-Ecclesiastica Da S. Pietro Sino Ai Nostri Giorni (etc.). 12 June 2013. 1841. Dalla Tipografia Emiliana. it. 101.
  3. Salvagni, Isabella. Palazzo Carpegna, 1577-1934. Rome: Edizioni De Luca, 2000, 230 pp., 117 ill., 70 in color
  4. Book: Accademia nazionale di San Luca. Il palazzo di Carpegna a Roma. 12 June 2013. 2000. De Luca. 978-88-8016-413-5. 101–9.