Francesco Sacrati (1567 – September 6, 1623) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena (1622–1623),

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of San Matteo in Merulana (1621–1623), and

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of ''

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Biography

Francesco Sacrati was born to nobility in

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in 1567, the son of Camilla and Marquis Tommaso Sacrati. He is the nephew of Ercole Sacrati, Bishop of Comacchio and brother of Alfonso Sacrati, also Bishop of Comacchio. He received his doctorate '' in utroque iure'' in both canon and civil law from the

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. In 1595, he was named Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace. On October 5, 1596, he was appointed Governor of

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. He was successively appointed as Auditor of the Sacred Palace and on June 25, 1599, the Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota in which he traveled with Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini to

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to welcome Queen Marie de' Medici, the wife of King Henri IV of France. On November 5, 1612, he was elected during the papacy Pope Paul V of as

of ''

''. ''(in Latin)'' On November 5, 1612, he was consecrated bishop in the Sistine Chapel by Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese, Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, with Fabio Biondi, Titular Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Ulpiano Volpi,

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, serving as

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. On February 12, 1621, he was named Prefect of the Apostolic Datary. He was created Cardinal Priest in the consistory of April 19, 1621, during the papacy of

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and received the red hat and title of San Matteo in Merulana on May 17, 1621. In July 1621, he was named Commander of the

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and on March 22, 1622, Commendatory Abbot of San Giovanni di Castagneto ( Reggio di Calabria). On May 23, 1622, he was named by Pope Gregory XV as Archbishop (personal title) of Cesena. He participated in the Conclave of 1623 which elected

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. He died on September 6, 1623, and is buried in the church of San Maria dell'Anima in

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Episcopal succession

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sacrati, Francesco 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops Bishops appointed by Pope Paul V Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XV 1567 births 1623 deaths