Pierfrancesco Scarampi
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Pierfrancesco Scarampi (1596 – October 14, 1656) was a
Biography
Early life and ordination
Scarampi was born into the noble
Envoy to Ireland
At the request of
The author of "Contemporary History of Affairs in Ireland" says that Scarampi was a "verie apt and understandinge man, and was receaved with much honour. This man in a shorte time became soe learned in the petegrees of the respective Irish families of Ireland, that it proved his witt and diligence, and allsoe soe well obsearved that all the proceedings of both ancient and recent Irish, that to an ince, he knewe whoe best and worst beheaved himself in the whole kingdome."
The Supreme Council decided to supplicate the pope to raise Scarampi to the dignity of archbishop and Apostolic
Return to Rome
On 5 May 1645, he was recalled to Rome by Pope Innocent X. In taking leave of the General Assembly, he thanked all the members for their kindness to him, and again urged them to be firmly united. The President of the Assembly, after referring to all the fatigues that Scarampi had endured for the Irish cause, said "that as long as the name of the Catholic religion remained in Ireland, so long would the name of Scarampi be affectionately remembered and cherished".
After receiving the Apostolic nuncio, Rinuccini, he set out on his journey to Rome. He was accompanied by five Irish youths destined for the priesthood, whom he wished to educate and support at his own expense in Rome. Among these youths was Oliver Plunkett, later the martyr Archbishop of Armagh. On his arrival in Rome, he was thanked and praised by the pope for the great work he had done in Ireland.
Service in Rome, and death
When the
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pierfrancesco Scarampi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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