Cosimo de Torres also Cosmo de Torres and Cosma de Torres (1584–1642) was a Roman Catholic cardinal who served as

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(1641–1642),

of San Pancrazio (1623–1641), Archbishop of Monreale (1634–1642), Bishop of Perugia (1624–1634),

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(1621–1622), and

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of ''Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto'' (1621–1622)."Cosimo Cardinal de Torres"
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Biography

Cosimo de Torres was born to a noble family in

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in 1584, the son of Marchis Giovanni de Torres and Giulia Mattei, princess of Papareschi. His family was of Spanish descent having moved from

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in the early 16th century. His uncles Girolamo Mattei (named cardinal in 1586) and Ludovico de Torres, iuniore (named cardinal in 1606) were also cardinals. Torres obtained a doctorate ''in utroque iure'' in canon and civil law from the

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. After school, he was assigned to the college of protonotaries apostolic under the guidance of his uncle, Cardinal Mattei. In 1608, he served on the Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace. On March 17, 1621, he was elected during the papacy of

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of ''Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto'' with special dispensation for not yet receiving the presbyterate. On April 25, 1621, he was

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bishop in the church of S. Andrea della Valle by

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of Sant'Onofrio, with Diofebo Farnese, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Ulpiano Volpi,

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. Giovanni Mascardi, Bishop of Nebbio, was consecrated in the same ceremony. On May 21, 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as

where he served until December 2, 1622. On September 5, 1622, he was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Gregory XV in the Consistory of 1622 and installed on March 20, 1623, with the title of

of San Pancrazio. On May 22, 1623, he was named to the Prefect of the S.C. of the Tridentine Council where he served until 1626. He successively served as Abbot of S. Maria di Perno; Abbot of S. Giovanni di Tremisto; and Abbot of S. Nicola di Mamola. was As cardinal, he participated in the Conclave of 1623 which elected

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. On September 16, 1624, he was appointed during the papacy of

as Bishop of Perugia. On January 9, 1634, he was appointed as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals where he served until January 8, 1635. On April 3, 1634, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Monreale which had previously been occupied by both his grand-uncle Ludovico II de Torres and his uncle Cardinal Ludovico III de Torres. On July 1, 1641, he was appointed by Pope Urban VIII as

. Torres died on May 1, 1642, in Rome from dropsy and is buried in the church of S. Pancrazio in Rome.

Episcopal succession

References

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, Cosimo de 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Sicily Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XV Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII 1584 births 1642 deaths