Jump to content

Marcello Lante della Rovere

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marcello Lante della Rovere
Cardinal Marcello Lante della Rovere (1606)
ChurchCatholic Church
Orders
Consecration14 Jan 1607
by Pope Paul V
Personal details
Born1561
Died19 April 1652 (age 91)
Rome, Italy

Marcello Lante della Rovere (1561 – 19 April 1652) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal appointed Dean and Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals.

Family and early life

[edit]

Lante was born 1561, the son of Ludovico Lante of the Dukes Della Rovere and M. Lavinia Maffei. His sister was married to Pope Paul V's brother and his nephew was Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere who became Duke of Bomarzo

As a young man he was named cleric and then auditor-general of the Apostolic Chamber of Pope Clement VIII.

Ecclesiastic career

[edit]

He was elevated to Cardinal on 11 September 1606 and installed as Cardinal-Priest at the church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta. In December of that same year he was elected Bishop of Todi where he served for until 1625. On 14 Jan 1607, he was consecrated bishop by Pope Paul V with Ottavio Paravicini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Alessio, and Carlo Conti, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, serving as co-consecrators.[1]

Participated in the Papal conclave of 1621 and then the conclave of 1623 which elected Pope Urban VIII. During Urban's pontificate he was appointed to a number of Church administrative positions including Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1625 to 1626) before being appointed Dean of the College of Cardinals in time to preside over the conclave of 1644 which elected Urban's successor, Pope Innocent X.

For a year, in 1629, he served at Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and later that year he was appointed Bishop of Frascati and served for 10 years until being appointed Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1639.[2]

Lante died on 18 April 1652 and was buried at the San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani.

Episcopal succession

[edit]

References and notes

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Cheney, David M. "Marcello Cardinal Lante della Rovere". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  2. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "LANTE, Marcello (1561-1652)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
1606–1628
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Todi
1606–1625
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
1628–1629
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
1629
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
1629–1639
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
1639–1641
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri
1641–1652
Succeeded by
Records
Preceded by Oldest living Member of the Sacred College
14 February 1643 - 19 April 1652
Succeeded by