Giovanni Delfino (camerlengo)

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).

His Eminence Giovanni Delfino
Cardinal-Priest of San Carlo ai Catinari
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	27 Dec 1603 by Alfonso Visconti
Personal details
Born	15 December 1545 Venice, Italy
Died	25 November 1622 (age 76) Venice, Italy

Graduated in utroque jure at the University of Padua, he 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, whence he returned eight years later to go to the role of ambassador to the Holy See, a post he held until 1598.[1] In the same year he officially represented Venice at the wedding of Philip III of Spain and in 1601 to those of Henry IV of France and Maria de' Medici.

Returning to his homeland he took the post of San Marco's attorney and the reformer of Studio Padovano.

In 1603, the Bishop of Vicenza remained vacant, Pope Clement VIII decided to assign him to Dolfin, to whom he was bound by ties of sympathy and mutual respect, although he was not a priest and the Venetian law did not allow ecclesiastical offices to be held by those who they had resided at the court of Rome.[2] On 27 Dec 1603, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso Visconti, Bishop of Spoleto, with Tommaso Contarini, Archbishop of Candia, and Leonardo Mocenigo, Bishop of Ceneda, serving as co-consecrators.[3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[4]

• Aloisio Grimani, Archbishop of Candia (1605);
• Cornelio Sozomeno, Bishop of Pula (1605);
• Denis Delfino, Bishop of Vicenza (1606);
• Octavius Saraceni, Bishop of Sovana (1606);
• Giovanni Emo, Bishop of Bergamo (1611);
• Pietro Emo, Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria and Coadjutor Bishop of Crema (1612);
• Bartolomeo Cartolario, Bishop of Chioggia (1613);
• Andreas Corbelli, Bishop of Canea (1613);
• Gian Alberto Garzoni, Bishop of Canea (1614);
• Vitalis de L'Estang, Titular Bishop of Ephesus and Coadjutor Bishop of Carcassonne (1615);
• Pietro Paolo Miloto, Bishop of Chioggia (1615); and
• Matteo Sanudo, Titular Bishop of Ioppe and Coadjutor Bishop of Concordia (1615).

See also

• Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin

References

1. Giovanni Mantese, Memorie storiche della Chiesa vicentina, IV/1, Dal 1563 al 1700, (Vicenza, Accademia Olimpica, 1974). p.143.
2. Guglielmo Berchet, Relazioni degli stati europei lette al Senato dagli ambasciatori Veneti nel secolo decimosettimo, Venezia, 1857, Vol. I, page 56.
3. Miranda, Salvador. "DELFINO, Giovanni (1545-1622)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
4. Cheney, David M. "Giovanni Cardinal Delfino". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Michele Priuli (bishop)	Bishop of Vicenza 1603–1606	Succeeded by Denis Delfino
Preceded by Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana 1604–1605	Succeeded by Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino
Preceded by Agostino Valier	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco 1605–1621	Succeeded by Matteo Priuli (cardinal)
Preceded by Matteo Priuli (cardinal)	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati 1621–1622	Succeeded by Péter Pázmány
Preceded by Luigi Capponi	Cardinal-Priest of San Carlo ai Catinari 1622	Succeeded by