Luis Antonio Belluga y Moncada
Luis Antonio Belluga y Moncada (30 November 1662 – 22 February 1743) was a prominent Spanish churchman and statesman during the 18th century.
Biography
Born in
.He supported
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1728–1729), and as a crown-cardinal (circa 1732).[1]
He undertook major
Cathedral of Murcia, the episcopal palace of the Diocese of Cartagena, and the Town Hall (with a controversial extension to the town hall by Rafael Moneo
) are found on this square.
In 1736, he provided support to the
Capuchin missionary Francesco Orazio della Penna when the latter sought help for his mission in Tibet.[2]
Notes
Resources
- (es) Díaz Gómez, J.A. (2016), Arte y mecenazgo en las fundaciones pías del cardenal Belluga bajo los reales auspicios de Felipe V. La irrenunciable herencia filipense, en M.M. Albero Muñoz y M. Pérez Sánchez (eds.), Las artes de un espacio y un tiempo: el setecientos borbónico: 57-75. Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española.
- (es) Linage Conde, A. (1978), Una biografía inédita del cardenal Belluga, por el obispo de Ceuta Martín Barcia (1746), Murgetana 52: 113-134.
- (es) López-Guadalupe Muñoz, J.J. (2004), El mecenazgo artístico del Cardenal Belluga: la Capilla de la Virgen de los Dolores en la Iglesia Mayor de Motril, Imafronte 17: 81-112.
- (es) Vilar Ramírez, J.B. (2001), El cardenal Luis Belluga. Granada: Comares.
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