Giacomo Antonio Morigia

Jacopo Antonio Morigia oalso known as Giacomo Antonio Moriggia (Milan, 23 February 1633 – Pavia, 8 October 1708 ) was a cardinal and Italian Catholic archbishop.

Cardinal Giacomo Antonio Morigia.

He was Bishop of San Miniato from 1 September 1681 - 15 February 1683, Metropolitan Archbishop of Florence from 15 February 1683 - 23 October 1699, Cardinal Priest of Santa Cecilia from 11 April 1698 - 8 October 1708, Archpriest of the Liberian Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore from 20 April - 28 October 1699 and also Bishop of Pavia from 24 January 1701 - 8 October 1708.[1][2]

He was one of the Cardinals created by Innocent XII.

Life

He came from the illustrious Milanese family of Moriggia, and studied mathematics and architecture, and only joined the church latter in life.[3]

On 15 April 1536 Morigia was elected Superior of the Barnabites, a society of priests who would concern themselves with the reformation of the laity and the clergy.[4][3]

References
  1. Cheney, David M. "Giacomo Antonio Cardinal Morigia, B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  2. Filippo Crucitti, MORIGIA, Giovanni Ippolito, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, vol. 76, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2012.
  3. Trinkaus, Charles Edward; O'Malley, John William; Izbicki, Thomas M.; Christianson, Gerald, eds. (1993). Humanity and Divinity in Renaissance and Reformation: Essays in Honor of Charles Trinkaus. Brill. p. 241.
  4. Kuntz, M.L. (2013). Guillaume Postel: Prophet of the Restitution of All Things His Life and Thought. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 71. ISBN 9789401717243.
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