Francesco Barbaro (patriarch of Aquileia)

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Francesco Barbaro
Venezia
Died27 April 1616(1616-04-27) (aged 70)
Venezia

Francesco Barbaro (1546–1616) was a Venetian aristocrat, ambassador and, from 1593 to his death, Patriarch of Aquileia.

Life

Francesco Barbaro was born on 16 March 1546 in Venice. He was the great-grandson of Francesco Barbaro and son of Marcantonio Barbaro. From 1578 to 1581 he was ambassador at the court of the Duchy of Savoy.[1][2] He served as Ambassador to Florence in 1585.[3]

When the

Archbishop of Tyre with the right of succession as Patriarch of Aquileia. On 3 October 1593, Grimani died and Francesco Barbaro was replaced him as Patriarch of Aquileia.[4]

In 1595 Barbaro opened the diocesan synod in the Castello di San Daniele. This synod was marked by conflict between the canons of

Cividale over which of two locations was the most important. Barbaro decided that precedent supported Udine; the clerics of Cividale protested.[5]

In the same year Francesco asked Pope

Clement VIII
to appoint his younger brother Ermolao Barbaro as his coadjutor. On February 12, 1596 the Pope appointed Ermolao Barbaro as archbishop of Tyre.

Francesco supported the

provincial synod held on October 19–27, 1596. Barbaro did the same on 11 May 1600 at the provincial synod of Cividale and on 23 June 1602 with that of Gorizia.[3]

Patriarch Francesco had a new Patriarchal Palace built in Udine and a new seminary for clerics.[2] Until that time the residence of the patriarchs had been on top of the hill, but as the Republic of Venice wanted to build a fortress there. Statues of the previous Patriarchs were set up in the new building and Barbaro donated his personal library.

He died in Venezia on 27 April 1616.[3] He was buried in the church of Sant'Antonio Abate di Udine, along with his brother who succeeded him to lead the Patriarchate under the name of Ermolao Barbaro II.[2]

References

  1. ^ "I marchesi Barbaro di San Giorgio". Rivista del Collegio Araldico. 1: 366. 1903.
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  4. ^ David Cheney. "Patriarch Francesco Barbaro". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ Trebbi, Giuseppe (1984). Francesco Barbaro: patrizio Veneto e patriarca di Aquileia. Lettere ed Arti. Udine: Casamassima.

Further reading

  • Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni, Vol. VIII, Venezia, 1851
  • Peruzzo Armando, L'opera pastorale di Mons. Francesco Barbaro, patriarca d'Aquileia (1585–1616), Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana, Roma, 1949
  • Giuseppe Trebbi, Il Friuli dal 1420 al 1797: la storia politica e sociale, Udine, Casamassima, 1998
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