Francesco Cherubini

Francesco Cherubini (1585 – 24 April 1656) was a Catholic cardinal who served as Bishop of Senigallia.

Francesco Cherubini
Cardinal, Bishop of Senigallia
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeSenigallia
Appointed2 August 1655
Term ended24 April 1656
PredecessorCesare Facchinetti
SuccessorNicola Guidi di Bagno
Other postsCardinal Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Orders
Consecration8 Aug 1655 (Bishop)
by Marco Antonio Franciotti
Created cardinal7 October 1647
by Pope Innocent X
Personal details
Born1585 (1585)
Montalboddo
Died24 April 1656(1656-04-24) (aged 70–71)
Senigallia

Life

Francesco Cherubini was born in Montalboddo, near Senigallia in the Papal States in 1585. He completed his studies in Rome earning a doctorate in utroque iure. In Rome he became assistant of Giovanni Battista Pamphilj,[1] and followed the Pamphilj in his Nunciature in Naples (1621–1625) and in Spain (1626–1630). In March 1643 he was made Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace,[2]

A turning point in the life of Francesco Cherubini was the elevation of Giovanni Battista Pamphilj to the papacy as Pope Innocent X in September 1644: he continues to collaborate and to stay near the pope.[1]

On 7 October 1647 Pope Innocent X appointed him Cardinal priest with the title of San Giovanni a Porta Latina. At the death of Innocent X, Cherubini participated to the Papal conclave, 1655.[3]

A few months after that conclave, the new pope Alexander VII appointed Francesco Cherubini as bishop of Senigallia. The episcopal consecration followed on 8 August 1655 in the Roman Church of Church of the Gesù by the hands of Cardinal Marco Antonio Franciotti.[3]

Moved to Senigallia, Francesco Cherubini died some months later, on 24 April 1656. He was buried in the church of S. Croce of "Quattro Colonne", in his native town, Montalboddo.[2]

References
  1. Berton, Charles (1857). Dictionnaire des cardinaux contenant des notions générales sur les cardinalat (in French). Paris: Migne. p. 654. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. Salvador Miranda. "Cherubini, Francesco". Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. David Cheney. "Francesco Cardinal Cherubini". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
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