Gregorio Barbarigo

Saint

Gregorio Barbarigo
Bishop of Padua
Gregorio Barbarigo by Ermanno Stroiffi
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeePadua
Appointed24 March 1664
Installed24 April 1664
Term ended18 June 1697
PredecessorGiorgio Corner
SuccessorGiorgio Cornaro
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Marco (1677-97)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination21 December 1655
by Gianfrancesco Morosini
Consecration29 July 1657
by Marcantonio Bragadin
Created cardinal5 April 1660
by Pope Alexander VII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Gregorio Giovanni Gaspare Barbarigo

(1625-09-16)16 September 1625
Venice, Republic of Venice
Died18 June 1697(1697-06-18) (aged 71)
Padua, Republic of Venice
Sainthood
Feast day
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified6 July 1761
Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States
by Pope Clement XIII
Canonized26 May 1960
Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
by Pope John XXIII
Attributes
Patronage
  • Diocese of Bergamo
  • Diocese of Padua
Ordination history of
Gregorio Barbarigo
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byGianfrancesco Morosoni
Date21 December 1655
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byMarcantonio Bragadin
Date29 July 1657
PlaceQuirinale Palace, Rome, Papal States
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Alexander VII
Date5 April 1660
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Gregorio Barbarigo as principal consecrator
Niels Stensen19 September 1677
Marcantonio Barbarigo26 June 1678
Carlo Felice de Matta26 June 1678
Marcantonio Zollio21 August 1678
Gherardo Gherardi16 April 1679
Gianalberto Badoaro20 November 1688

Gregorio Giovanni Gaspare Barbarigo (16 September 1625 – 18 June 1697) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Bishop of Bergamo and later as the Bishop of Padua. He was a frontrunner in both the 1689 and 1691 papal conclaves as he had distinguished himself for his diplomatic and scholastic service.[1] He became noted as a scholar for his distinguished learning and as an able pastor for his careful attention to pastoral initiatives and frequent parish visitations.[2][3]

Barbarigo's beatification was celebrated in 1761 under Pope Clement XIII, while Pope John XXIII canonized the late cardinal in 1960; the latter pope held Barbarigo as a great role model and fostered a devotion to him since the pope had hailed from Bergamo. His liturgical feast is on 17 June in the General Roman Calendar of 1960. On the General Roman Calendar of 1969, it is observed on 18 June.

  1. ^ "Sede Vacante 1691". California State University. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Consistory of April 5, 1660". Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Patron Saint". St. Gregory Barbarigo Glasgow. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2017.