Jaime de Casanova
Jaime de Casanova (died 1504) (called Cardinal Casanova) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
Jaime de Casanova was born in Xàtiva, ca. 1435.[1]
Early in his career, Casanova came under the protection of Cardinal Roderic Llançol i de Borja (the future Pope Alexander VI).[1] In Rome, he became abbreviatore di parco minore; then a papal notary; and then a protonotary apostolic.[1] In 1492, he was a witness at the dissolution of the marriage of Lucrezia Borgia and Gaspare Aversa, and in 1493, was a witness at her marriage to Giovanni Sforza.[1] In 1497, he became an officiali audientie contradictarum, and in 1498 a papal chamberlain.[1]
Pope Alexander VI made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of May 31, 1503.[1] He received the titular church of Santo Stefano Rotondo on June 12, 1503.[1]
In August 1503, he was present at the Papal Mass performed for the dying pope.[1] The pope died on August 18, 1503, and the next day his son Cesare Borgia sent Michelotto Corella and a band of thugs to the Papal Apartments, where they pulled a knife on Cardinal Casanova and demanded he give them all the money in the apartments.[1] Terrified, Cardinal Casanova handed over the keys.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of September 1503, though his participation was limited by bad health.[1] He participated in the consecration of Pope Pius III, but not his coronation.[1] He then participated in the papal conclave of October 1503 that elected Pope Julius II.[1] He was able to attend the new pope's coronation, but not his first consistory and meeting of the College of Cardinals.[1] His health recovered a little in spring 1504.[1]
He died in Rome on June 4, 1504.[1] He is buried in Santa Maria del Popolo.[1]