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Italian bishop and cardinal
Marcantonio Maffei
(29 November 1521 ? 22 August 1583) was an
Italian
Roman Catholic
bishop
and
cardinal
.
Background
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Marcantonio Maffei was born in
Bergamo
on 29 November 1521, the son of
nobles
Girolamo
Maffei
and Antonia
Mattei
.
[1]
His older brother
Bernardino Maffei
was also a cardinal, and his nephews
Orazio Maffei
and
Marcello Lante
.
[1]
He was educated at the
University of Ferrara
, becoming a
doctor of both laws
in September 1547.
[1]
He then moved to
Rome
and in 1549, became a
consistorial lawyer
.
[1]
He also became a
canon
of the
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
.
[1]
In 1552, he was vice-governor of
Viterbo
.
[1]
Archbishop of Chieti
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He was elected
Archbishop of Chieti
on 14 July 1553; he succeeded his brother
Barnardino Maffei
as archbishop.
[1]
Around 1554, he became a
Referendary
of the
Apostolic Signatura
.
[1]
He was the Governor of Viterbo from 27 September 1555 until 1557.
[1]
From 1560 until January 1566, he was the
vicegerent
of the
Vicar General of Rome
; he later served as Vicar General of Rome.
[1]
Pope Pius V
made him his
nuncio
before the
Kingdom of Poland
.
[1]
In 1566, he was appointed
Datary of His Holiness
, maintaining that position until 1570.
[1]
Sometime before 14 January 1568 he resigned the administration of his archbishopric.
[1]
Following the death of Maffei's brother
Achille
, Maffei was given his canonry in
St. Peter's Basilica
on 29 July 1568.
[1]
He became a
Domestic Chaplain of His Holiness
in October 1569.
[1]
Cardinal Priest
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Pope Pius V made him a
cardinal priest
in the
consistory
of 17 May 1570.
[1]
He received the
red hat
and the
titular church
of
San Callisto
.
[1]
He attended the
papal conclave of 1572
that elected
Pope Gregory XIII
.
[1]
Under the new pope he was the
Prefect
of the
Chancery of Apostolic Briefs
.
[1]
He died in Rome on 22 August 1583.
[1]
He was buried in
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
.
[1]
Episcopal succession
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While bishop, he was the
principal consecrator
of:
[2]
and the
principal co-consecrator
of:
[2]
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