Giacomo Cantelmo
Giacomo Cantelmo (1645-1702) was a Roman Catholic cardinal from 1690 to 1702.[1]
Biography
Giacomo Cantelmo was born in Naples on June 13, 1645, the son of Filippo Cantelmo, duke of Popoli and prince of Pettorano, and Beatrice Brancia, duchess of Padula.[1] The family's surname is sometimes given as Cantelmo-Stuart because of they were related to James II of England.[1]
Prior to attending university, Cantelmo had mastered Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.[1] He was educated at the Sapienza University of Rome and at the University of Bologna.[1]
Pope Innocent XI named him abbot in commendam of San Antonio di Vienna in Naples.[1] On June 4, 1678, he was named inquisitor of Malta. He served as Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura.[1]
On September 27, 1683, he was elected Titular Archbishop of Caesarea.[1] He was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Carlo Pio, Titular Bishop of Sabina, on October 3, 1683.[1] He became nuncio to Vienna in 1683.[1] He then served as nuncio to Switzerland from April 18, 1685 to December 10, 1687.[1] On October 23, 1688, he was named nuncio extraordinary to Poland.[1] He became nuncio extraordinary to Austria on October 25, 1689.[1] He then returned to Rome to become secretary of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops and Regulars.[1]
On February 23, 1690, he was named extraordinary nuncio to the imperial election held at Augsburg and which elected Joseph of Austria as King of the Romans.[1]
In the consistory held on February 13, 1690, Pope Alexander VIII created him a cardinal priest.[1] On April 10, 1690, he attended Joseph's coronation as King of the Romans; on the same day, he received the red hat, was awarded the titular church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano, and named papal legate to Urbino.[1] He was transferred to the metropolitan see of Capua on September 27, 1690, receiving the pallium on December 11, 1690.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1691, which elected Pope Innocent XII.[1] The new pope transferred him to the metropolitan see of Naples, with Cantelmo receiving the pallium on August 8, 1691.[1] There, he held a diocesan synod on Pentecost 1694.[1] He also convened a provincial synod, attended by 13 bishops, and opened on June 7, 1699.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1700, which elected Pope Clement XI.[1] The new pope named him Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, with Cantelmo serving from February 3, 1700 to January 23, 1702.[1]
He died in Naples on December 11, 1702.[1]