Gianfrancesco Cardinal Morosini †

Deceased

Bishop of Brescia, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Sep 1537		Born
23 Sep 1585	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
3 Nov 1585	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brescia, Italy
1587²	49.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to France
15 Jul 1588	50.7	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Jul 1588	50.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
1589²	51.2	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to France
28 Mar 1590	52.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
14 Jan 1596	58.2	Died	Bishop of Brescia, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Gianfrancesco Morosini
Gianfrancesco Cardinal Morosini
(born 30 Sep 1537, died 14 Jan 1596)
Bishop of Brescia

Consistory - July 1588: Created Cardinal
Conclave - September 1590: Participated
Conclave - October/December 1590: Participated
Conclave - 1591: Participated
Conclave - 1592: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}
Ordained Priest Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}
Ordained Bishop San Giorgio Maggiore, Church, Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}
Death Place Brescia, Diocese of Brescia
Buried Place (Original) Next to Altar of S. Croce, Duomo Vecchio, Co-Cathedral, Brescia, Diocese of Brescia

Event	Place
Birth Place	Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}
Ordained Priest	Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}
Ordained Bishop	San Giorgio Maggiore, Church, Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}
Death Place	Brescia, Diocese of Brescia
Buried Place (Original)	Next to Altar of S. Croce, Duomo Vecchio, Co-Cathedral, Brescia, Diocese of Brescia

Relatives

Nephew of: Luigi Cardinal Cornaro †, Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara)
Nephew of: Federico Cardinal Cornaro (Sr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. †, Bishop of Padova {Padua}
Uncle of: Patriarch Gianfrancesco Morosini †, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}

a bishop for 10.1 years a cardinal for 7.4 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Cesare Costa, C.O. † Archbishop of Capua Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Giovanni Battista Valier † Bishop of Belluno Bishop Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) † Bishop of Treviso
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Cesare Costa, C.O. † Archbishop of Capua	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Pompée de Periglio, O.F.M. Conv. † (1588) Bishop Alberto Valier † (1591) Bishop Roberto Pierbenedetti † (1592) Bishop Giorgio Perpignani † (1594)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 187655347
WikiData: Q3107185

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 15 Jul 1588
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Biaudet), Page 275
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 140
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1585, Number 24*
ob/c2+/d/loc: AT, 30 Oct 2018
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Number 19,886

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