Francesco Sacrati (cardinal)

Francesco Sacrati
Most Reverend; Francesco Sacrati
	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana; Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1621–1623
Predecessor	Francesco Sforza
Successor	Francesco Maria Mancini
Orders
Consecration	November 5, 1612; by Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese
Created cardinal	May 17, 1621
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	1567; Ferrara, Italy
Died	September 6, 1623; Cesena, Italy (age 56)
Nationality	Italian
Previous post	Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1612–1622)

Francesco Sacrati (1567 – September 6, 1623) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena (1622–1623), Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana (1621–1623), and Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1612–1622).[1][2][3]

Biography

Francesco Sacrati was born to nobility in Ferrara, Italy in 1567, the son of Camilla and Marquis Tommaso Sacrati.[1] He is the nephew of Ercole Sacrati, Bishop of Comacchio and brother of Alfonso Sacrati, also Bishop of Comacchio.[1] He received his doctorate in utroque iure in both canon and civil law from the University of Bologna.[1] In 1595, he was named Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace.[1] On October 5, 1596, he was appointed Governor of Fano.[1] He was successively appointed as Auditor of the Sacred Palace and on June 25, 1599, the Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota in which he traveled with Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini to Florence to welcome Queen Marie de' Medici, the wife of King Henri IV of France.[1]

On November 5, 1612, he was elected during the papacy Pope Paul V of as Titular Archbishop of Damascus.[1][4][2][3] On November 5, 1612, he was consecrated bishop in the Sistine Chapel by Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, with Fabio Biondi, Titular Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Ulpiano Volpi, Archbishop of Chieti, serving as co-consecrators.[1][2][3] On February 12, 1621, he was named Prefect of the Apostolic Datary.[1]

He was created Cardinal Priest in the consistory of April 19, 1621 during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV and received the red hat and title of San Matteo in Merulana on May 17, 1621.[1][2][3] In July 1621, he was named Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and on March 22, 1622, Commendatory Abbot of San Giovanni di Castagneto (Reggio di Calabria).[1] On May 23, 1622, he was named by Pope Gregory XV as Archbishop (personal title) of Cesena.[1][4][2][3] He participated in the Conclave of 1623 which elected Pope Urban VIII.[1][2] He died on September 6, 1623 and is buried in the church of San Maria dell'Anima in Rome.[1][4]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

Francesco Cavaliere, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1621);
Fabrizio Carafa, Bishop of Bitonto (1622);
Sebastiano De Paoli, Titular Bishop of Neocaesarea in Bithynia and Coadjutor Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1622);
Girolamo Tantucci, Bishop of Grosseto (1622);
Joannes Mattaeus Caryophyllis, Titular Archbishop of Iconium (1622);

and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

Alessandro Del Monte, Bishop of Gubbio (1616);
Girolamo Ricciulli, Bishop of Belcastro (1616);
Lelio Veterano, Bishop of Fondi (1616);
Vincenzo Agnello Suardi, Bishop of Alba (1616);
Alfonso Sacrati, Bishop of Comacchio (1617);
Fabrizio Landriani, Bishop of Pavia (1617);
Alessandro Scappi, Bishop of Satriano e Campagna (1618);
Ippolito Borghese (bishop), Bishop of Montalcino (1618);
García Gil Manrique, Titular Bishop of Utica and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (1618);
Giulio Monterenzi, Bishop of Faenza (1618);
Filippo Salviati (bishop), Bishop of Sansepolcro (1619);
Alfonso Giglioli (Zilioli), Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1619);
Ferdinando Millini, Bishop of Imola (1619);
Giovanni Battista Stella, Bishop of Bitonto (1619);
Giuliano de' Medici (archbishop), Archbishop of Pisa (1620); and
Guillaume Du Nozet, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria (1621).

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References

Miranda, Salvador. "SACRATI, Francesco (1567-1623)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
"Francesco Cardinal Sacrati" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 19, 2017
"Cardinal Francesco Sacrati" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved November 19, 2017
Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 172 and 127. (in Latin)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Decio Carafa	Titular Archbishop of Damascus 1612–1622	Succeeded by Agostino Morosini
Preceded by Francesco Sforza	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana 1621–1623	Succeeded by Francesco Maria Mancini
Preceded by Michelangelo Tonti	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena 1622–1623	Succeeded by Lorenzo Campeggi

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[MirandaFranSac-1] Miranda, Salvador. "SACRATI, Francesco (1567-1623)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[CathHierFranSac-2] "Francesco Cardinal Sacrati" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 19, 2017

[GCathFranSac-3] "Cardinal Francesco Sacrati" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved November 19, 2017

[HierarchiaIV-4] Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 172 and 127. (in Latin)