Giovanni Delfino (camerlengo)

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Giovanni Delfino
Cardinal-Priest of San Carlo ai Catinari
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Consecration27 Dec 1603
by  Alfonso Visconti
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Born15 December 1545
Venice, Italy
Died25 November 1622 (age 76)
Venice, Italy

Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin, often Italianized as Delfin or Delfino (Venice, 15 December 1545 - Venice, 25 November 1622), was an Italian politician and cardinal. He was one of several cardinals from his family by this name. He is the uncle of Cardinal Giovanni Delfino (iuniore).

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Biography

Having obtained he degree of Doctor in utroque jure at the University of Padua, Giovanni Delfino seemed to want to embrace the ecclesiastical state, but was instead initiated into a political and diplomatic career; after having exercised some minor offices in Venice, in 1577 he was appointed podestà and captain of Belluno.

Between 1582 and 1595 he was sent as ambassador of the Republic of Venice to Poland, Spain, Germany and France. When he returned eight years later, he was appointed ambassador to the Holy See, a post he held from 1595 to 1598. [1] On 23 June 1598, Delfino was elected Procurator of San Marco. [2] On 18 April 1599, he officially represented Venice at the wedding of Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria; and in 1600 at those of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.

Returning to his homeland he also occupied the post of one of the Riformatori dello studio di Padova .

In 1603, the Bishop of Vicenza was vacant, due to the death of the incumbent, Michele Priuli. Pope Clement VIII decided to assign the diocese to Delfin, [3] to whom he was bound by ties of sympathy and mutual respect, despite the fact that Delfin was not a priest and Venetian law did not allow ecclesiastical offices to be held by persons who had resided at the court of Rome. [4] On 27 December 1603, he was consecrated bishop by Cardinal Alfonso Visconti, Bishop of Spoleto, with Tommaso Contarini, Archbishop of Candia, and Leonardo Mocenigo, Bishop of Ceneda, serving as co-consecrators. [5]

Delfino resigned the diocese of Vicenza, after he became a cardinal, in favor of his brother Dionisio Delfini. The exchange was approved by Pope Paul V on 19 June 1606. [6]

Cardinalate

Bishop Giovanni Delfino was named a cardinal-priest by Pope Clement VIII on 9 June 1604. He was assigned the titular church of San Matteo in Merulana on 24 November 1604, which he exchanged for San Marco on 1 June 1605. He opted for the titular church of San Gerolamo degli Illirici on 23 June 1621, and then for San Carlo ai Catinari on 28 August 1622. [7]

He served a term as Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the College of Cardinals from 7 January 1619 to 13 January 1620. [8]

He died in Venice on 25 November 1622, at the age of 77. [9]

Episcopal succession

While bishop and cardinal, he was the principal consecrator of: [10]

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  1. ↑ Giovanni Mantese, Memorie storiche della Chiesa vicentina, IV/1, Dal 1563 al 1700, (Vicenza, Accademia Olimpica, 1974), p. 143. His report (relazione) to the Venetian Senate is printed by Eugenio Albèri, Relazioni Degli Ambasciatori Veneti Al Senato: Le Relazioni Degli Ambasciatori Veneti Al Senato : durante il Secolo decimosesto. 2, Le Relazioni d'Italia, Tom. IV, Vol. 10 (Firenze: Società editrice Fiorentina 1857), pp. 450-504.
  2. ↑ Albèri, p. 450.
  3. ↑ Gauchat, p. 367 with note 2.
  4. ↑ Guglielmo Berchet, Relazioni degli stati europei lette al Senato dagli ambasciatori Veneti nel secolo decimosettimo, Venezia, 1857, Vol. I, page 56.
  5. ↑ Miranda, Salvador. "DELFINO, Giovanni (1545-1622)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC   53276621 . Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Gauchat, p. 367. The death of Clement VIII on 3 March 1605, the election of Leo XI on 1 April 1605 and his death on 27 April 1605, and the election of Paul V on 16 May 1605, slowed the regular work of the curia.
  7. ↑ Gauchat, pp. 7, no. 45; 367, note 2.
  8. ↑ Gauchat, p. 58. Delfino was never Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, the far more important office.
  9. ↑ Riccardi, p. 209. Gauchat, pp. 7, note 13.
  10. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Giovanni Cardinal Delfino". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]

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Preceded by Bishop of Vicenza
1603–1606		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
1604–1605		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
1605–1621		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
1621–1622		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of San Carlo ai Catinari
1622		Succeeded by
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