Italian bishop and cardinal
Fabio Mignanelli medal
Fabio Mignanelli (died 10 August 1557) was an
cardinal
.
Biography
Fabio Mignanelli was born in Siena ca. 1486, the son of Pietro Paolo Mignanelli and Onorata Saraceni.[1] He attended the University of Siena , becoming a doctor of both laws .[1] He then became a professor of law at the University of Siena.[1]
In 1533, he moved to
consistorial advocate.
[1] He was married to Antonina Capodiferro, the sister of Cardinal
Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro and had a son.
[1] After Antonia died, Mignanelli entered the church.
[1] In 1537, he was sent as
ambassador to the
Republic of Venice to encourage Venice to break its alliance with the
Ottoman Empire and to go to war against the Ottomans.
[1] In October 1537,
Pope Paul III sent him as ambassador to
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to present him with the brief postponing the
Council of Trent for a second time.
[1] In spring 1538, he traveled to
Nice with the pope to negotiate the end of the
Italian War of 1536–1538 ; shortly thereafter, they traveled to
Geneva to meet the emperor.
[1] On 3 September 1538 he was appointed
nuncio to
Ferdinand, King of the Romans , holding this position until 1539.
[1] In 1540, he became an
auditor of the
Roman Rota .
[1] He was also a
protonotary apostolic and the pope's domestic prelate.
[1]
On 15 November 1540 he was elected Bishop of Lucera .[1] He was appointed governor and vice-legate in Bologna on 14 April 1541.[1] From 22 July 1543 to 2 August 1544 he was nuncio to the Republic of Venice.[1] He was present at the opening of the Council of Trent on 13 December 1545.[1] In 1546 he was vice-legate in Marche . On 20 September 1546 the pope sent him as nuncio to the emperor.[1] In 1548, he was vice-legate in Ascoli Piceno .[1] On 10 June 1551 he was appointed commissary of the Adriatic ports.[1]
He was a participant in both the
He opted for the titular church of
Santi Giovanni e Paolo on 12 June 1556.
[1]
He died in Rome on 10 August 1557.[1] He was buried in Santa Maria della Pace .[1]
References
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Lucera
1540–1543
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Apostolic Nuncio to Venice
1543–1544
Succeeded by
Preceded by
1551–1556
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Administrator of Grosseto
1553
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
1556–1557
Succeeded byAntonio Trivulzio (iuniore)