Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)

Alessandro Crescenzi
Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca
Church Catholic Church
In office 1675–1688
Predecessor Carlo Pio di Savoia
Successor Marcello Durazzo
Orders
Consecration 26 Jul 1643
by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore)
Created Cardinal 27 May 1675
Rank Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born 1607
Rome, Italy
Died 8 May 1688 (age 81)
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italian
Previous post Bishop of Termoli (1643–1644)
Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli (1644–1652)
Bishop of Bitonto (1652–1668)
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1671–1676)
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Recanati e Loreto (1676–1682)
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1685–1688)

Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. (1607 – 8 May, 1688) was a Roman Catholic cardinal who served as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1685–1688), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Recanati e Loreto (1676–1682), Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1671–1676), Bishop of Bitonto (1652–1668), Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli (1644–1652), and Bishop of Termoli (1643–1644).[1][2]

Biography

Alessandro Agostino Crescenzi was born in Rome, Italy in 1607, the son of Giovanni Battista Crescenzi and Anna Massimi.[1] He is related to Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi (named 1542) and is the nephew of Cardinal Pier Paolo Crescenzi (named 1611).[1] He was ordained a priest in the Ordo Clericorum Regularium a Somascha.[1][2] On 13 Jul 1643, he was elected during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Termoli.[1][2] On 26 Jul 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore),[1] Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio.[2] On 13 Jun 1644, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli.[1][2] On 26 Aug 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Bitonto.[1][2] He was named nuncio in Savoy by Pope Innocent X where he served until 1658.[1] On 14 May 1668, he resigned as Bishop of Bitonto.[1][2] On 23 Dec 1670, he was named Prefect of the Cubiculi of His Holiness.[1] On 19 Jan 1671, he was promoted by Pope Clement X as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria.[1][2] On 27 May 1675, he was installed as Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca in the consistory of 1675.[1][2] On 24 Feb 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Recanati e Loreto where he served until his resignation on 9 Jan 1682.[1][2] As cardinal, he participated in the conclave of 1676 which elected Pope Innocent XI.[1] On 9 Apr 1685, he was named camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.[1] He died on 8 May 1688 in Rome and is buried in the church of S. Maria in Vallicella in the same city.[1]

Episcopal succession

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


and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Miranda, Salvador. "CRESCENZI, C.R.S., Alessandro (1607-1688)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Alessandro Cardinal Crescenzi, C.R.S. " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 9, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Gerolamo Cappello
Bishop of Termoli
1643–1644
Succeeded by
Cherubino Manzoni
Preceded by
Francesco Antonio Biondo
Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli
1644–1652
Succeeded by
Carlo Bonafaccia
Preceded by
Fabrizio Carafa (bishop)
Bishop of Bitonto
1652–1668
Succeeded by
Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona
Preceded by
Federico Borromeo
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
1671–1676
Succeeded by
Aloysius Bevilacqua
Preceded by
Giacinto Cordella
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Recanati e Loreto
1676–1682
Succeeded by
Guarnerio Guarnieri
Preceded by
Girolamo Gastaldi
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
1685–1688
Succeeded by
Galeazzo Marescotti
Preceded by
Carlo Pio di Savoia
Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca
1675–1688
Succeeded by
Marcello Durazzo
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