Girolamo Rusticucci
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Girolamo Rusticucci | |
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| Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| In office | 19 February 1603 – 14 June 1603 |
| Predecessor | Tolomeo Gallio |
| Successor | Girolamo Simoncelli |
| Previous posts | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1600-1603) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1598-1600) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (1597-1598) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna (1570-1597) Bishop of Senigallia (1570-1577) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 26 November 1570 by Marcantonio Maffei[1] |
| Created cardinal | 17 May 1570 by Pope Pius V[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1537 |
| Died | 14 June 1603 (aged 65–66) Rome, Papal States |
Girolamo Rusticucci (1537 – 14 June 1603) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop. He was personal secretary to Cardinal Michele Ghislieri, later Pope Pius V, who made Rusticucci a cardinal. He occupied numerous important positions, including papal legate to France and Spain, Camerlengo (treasurer) and Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals, and Vicar General of Rome.
He built a palace near Saint Peter's Square in Rome, located on a new piazza that was named after the cardinal.
Girolamo Rusticucci was born in Cartoceto in 1537, the son of Ludovico Rusticucci, a famous jurisconsult, and his wife Diamante Leonardi.[2] As a young man, he studied literature and oratory.[2]
Rusticucci traveled to Rome in 1557, entering the court of Cardinal Michele Ghislieri, who later became Pope Pius V, as the cardinal's personal secretary.[2] When the cardinal became pope, he made Rusticucci a protonotary apostolic.[2] Also, when Cardinal Michele Bonelli, Pope Pius V's cardinal-nephew, was absent, the pope put Rusticucci in charge of managing most of the church's affairs.[2]
Pope Pius V made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 17 May 1570.[2] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Susanna on 9 June 1570.[2]
On 16 June 1570 he was elected Bishop of Senigallia.[2] He was consecrated as a bishop in the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Marcantonio Maffei with Francesco Rusticucci, Bishop of Fano, and Giuseppe Pamphilj, Bishop of Segni, serving as co-consecrators.[2] As a bishop, he promoted educating his clergy along the lines provided by the Council of Trent.[2] He resigned the government of the diocese sometime before 29 November 1577.[2]
Pope Pius V then named him papal legate to Spain and the Kingdom of France to promote war against the Ottoman Empire.[2] He participated in the papal conclave of 1572 that elected Pope Gregory XIII, and in the papal conclave of 1585 that elected Pope Sixtus V.[2] He served as Vicar General of Rome from 1588 to 1603.[2] He was also a participant in the papal conclave of September 1590 that elected Pope Urban VII; the papal conclave of October–December 1590 that elected Pope Gregory XIV; and the papal conclave of 1591 that elected Pope Innocent IX.[2] He became Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals on 8 January 1590 and was confirmed in the post on 14 February 1592.[2] He participated in the papal conclave of 1592 that elected Pope Clement VIII.[2] The new pope confirmed him as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, and he held that position from 14 February 1592 to 1593.[2]
On 18 August 1597 he opted for the titular church of Santa Maria in Trastevere.[2] Soon thereafter, he became the cardinal protopriest.[2] He opted for the order of cardinal bishops on 30 March 1598, taking the Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano.[2] He opted for the Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina on 21 February 1600 and then for the Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto e Santa Rufina on 19 February 1603.[2] He was the Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals.[2]
He died in Rome on 14 June 1603.[2] He was buried in Santa Susanna.[2]
