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.
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Giacomo Antonio Cardinal Morigia, B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
- ^ Filippo Crucitti, MORIGIA, Giovanni Ippolito, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, vol. 76, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2012.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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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