Andrea Cornaro (1511–1551) was an

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and

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Biography

Andrea Cornaro (born in 1511 in

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) was an

clergyman and

for the

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. He was ordained in 1527. He was appointed bishop in 1527. He died in 1551. A member of the

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, Andrea Cornaro was born in

on 18 December 1511, the son of Giacomo Cornaro. He was the nephew of Cardinals

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and Francesco Cornaro, and a cousin of Cardinals Luigi Cornaro and Federico Cornaro. On 13 March 1532 he was elected

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of 30; he thereafter occupied the see until his death. In 1534, he became a cleric in the

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made him a

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in the

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of 19 December 1544. He received the

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and the deaconry of San Teodoro on 9 January 1545. As cardinal, he attended a few sessions of the

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. He was also a participant in the papal conclave of 1549-50 that elected

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. The new pope made Cardinal Cornaro

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and the '' Patrimonium Sancti Petri''. On 27 June 1550 he opted for the deaconry of

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. A scholar, he published two pastoral works, ''De statu praelatorium'' and ''De residentia episcoporum''. Seven volumes of his letters in

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and two volumes in the

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were also published. He died in

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on 30 January 1551. He was initially buried in the Basilica di Sant'Agostino. His remains were later transferred to Venice and buried in the family tomb in

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References

1511 births 1551 deaths 16th-century Italian cardinals

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