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Ulderico Carpegna

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Ulderico Carpegna
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 28 January 1675
Term ended 24 January 1679
Predecessor Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Successor Cesare Facchinetti
Orders
Consecration 7 October 1630
by Luigi Caetani
Created cardinal 28 November 1633
by Urban VIII
Rank Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born 24 June 1595
Scavolino, Italy
Died 24 January 1679 (age 83)
Rome, Papal States
Denomination Roman Catholic

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

Early life

Born at Scavolino, he was from a family of the Roman nobility, connected with the Montefeltro family.[1] He was the son of Tommaso di Carpegna, Count of Carpegna (1560–1610), and Vittoria Landriani (1571–1641). Among his siblings was Bishop Pietro Carpegna (1592–1630). His mother was a half-sister to Ercole Branciforte, 1st Duke of San Giovanni.[2]

Career

He succeeded his elder brother Pietro to become Bishop of Gubbio in 1630,[3] and Cardinal in 1633.[4] He was Bishop of Todi from 1638, resigning by 1643. He was Camerlengo for a year from 1648. Consecrated by Luigi Caetani, he became Vishop of Albano in 1666, bishop of Frascati in 1671, and bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina in 1675.[4] 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".[5]

The Fondo Carpegna of the Vatican Secret Archives contains material relating to Ulderico Carpegna and Gaspare Carpegna.[1]

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Ulderico Carpegna
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[3]
Orazio Monaldi, Bishop of Gubbio (1639);
Antonio Marullo, Archbishop of Manfredonia (1643);
Pietro Marioni, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1644);
Antonio Pavonelli, Bishop of Venosa (1648);
Francesco Maria Falcucci, Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1651);
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni, Bishop of Corneto e Montefiascone (1666); and
Peter Creagh, Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (1676).
and the principal co-consecrator of:
Arcasio Ricci, Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1630).[3]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Accademia nazionale di San Luca (2000). Il palazzo di Carpegna a Roma. De Luca. pp. 101–9. ISBN 978-88-8016-413-5. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. Back to citation Cheney, David M. "Bishop Pietro Carpegna". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  3. Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Back to citation occurrence 3.2 "Ulderico Carpegna" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  4. Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 Moroni, Gaetano (1841). Dizionario Di Erudizione Storico-Ecclesiastica Da S. Pietro Sino Ai Nostri Giorni (etc.) (in Italian). Dalla Tipografia Emiliana. p. 101. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  5. Back to citation Salvagni, Isabella. Palazzo Carpegna, 1577-1934. Rome: Edizioni De Luca, 2000, 230 pp., 117 ill., 70 in color