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Antonio Maria Graziani
17th-century Roman Catholic bishop
Antonio Maria Graziani (1537–1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Amelia (1592–1611) and Apostolic Nuncio to Venice (1596–1598).[1][2]
Most Reverend Antonio Maria Graziani | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Amelia | |
Portrait by Domenico Tintoretto (1598) | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Amelia |
| In office | 1592–1611 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Antonio Lazzari |
| Successor | Antonio Maria Franceschini |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 25 Feb 1592 by Antonmaria Sauli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1537 |
| Died | 1 Apr 1611 (age 74) |
Antonio Maria Graziani was born in 1537 in Sansepolcro, Italy.[3] On 17 Feb 1592, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Amelia.[1][2][3] On 25 Feb 1592, he was consecrated bishop by Antonmaria Sauli, Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale, with Fabio Biondi, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Fantino Petrignani, Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza, serving as co-consecrators.[3] On 23 Feb 1596, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Apostolic Nuncio to Venice; he resigned from the position on 8 Oct 1598.[3] He served as Bishop of Amelia until his death on 1 Apr 1611.[1][2][3]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Roberto Pierbenedetti, Bishop of Nocera Umbra (1592).[3]
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- Graziani, A. and Midgley, R. (1687). The History of the War of Cyprus. Written Originally in Latin. With a New Map of the Island. London: J. Rowlings.
- Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 81. (in Latin)
- Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 106. (in Latin)
- Cheney, David M. "Bishop Antonio Maria Graziani". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- Marsili, Marcella (2002). "GRAZIANI, Antonio Maria". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 58: Gonzales–Graziani (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- Lettere di Pieter de Witte. Pietro Candido nei carteggi di Antonio Maria Graziani (1569-1574), edizione critica di Massimo Moretti, Roma, De Luca Editori d'Arte, 2012.
- Moretti, Massimo, 'Ottaviano Mascarino e Antonio Maria Graziani vescovo di Amelia (1592-1611)', in 'I Petrignani di Amelia: Fasti, committenze, collezioni, tra Roma e l’Umbria', San Gabriele-Isola del Gran Sasso, Edizioni Stauròs, 2012, pp. 117-121, pp. 223-252.
- Moretti, Massimo, I fratelli Alberti pittori di Sansepolcro, i Petrignani e Antonio Maria Graziani', in 'I Petrignani di Amelia: Fasti, committenze, collezioni, tra Roma e l'Umbria', San Gabriele-Isola del Gran Sasso, Edizioni Stauròs, 2012, pp. 253-257.
- Moretti, Massimo,«Quel ritratto di V. S. R.ma»: Domenico Tintoretto e il nunzio a Venezia Antonio Maria Graziani (1537-1611), in “Storia dell’arte”, 2012, 132, pp. 38-45.
- Moretti, Massimo, Committenti, intermediari e pittori tra Roma e Venezia attorno al 1600. I ritratti di Domenico Tintoretto per il nunzio Graziani e una perduta Pentecoste di Palma il Giovane per Fabio Biondi, in “Storia dell'arte”, 2015, 141, pp. 21-42.
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Amelia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Moretti, Massimo, Antonio Maria Graziani e le fatiche della carriera. L'altare di famiglia a Sansepolcro e la commissione dell'"Assunta" a Palma il Giovane, in “Storia dell’arte”, [150], 2018, 2, pp. 18-67.
- Moretti, Massimo, L'altare Graziani da Raffaello a Palma il Giovane. Una copia della "Madonna" Canossa e una "sentenza" sfavorevole a Giovanni De' Vecchi, in “Storia dell’arte”, [155-156], 2021, 1/2, pp. 61-87.
- Moretti, Massimo, L'«ardentissimo desiderio di gloria e di honore»: una Battaglia di Lepanto di Federico Zuccari per Venezia, mai dipinta, nella corrispondenza di Antonio Maria Graziani, in L’Archivio di Caravaggio. Studi in onore di don Sandro Corradini, a cura di Pietro Di Loreto, Foligno, Etgraphiiae, 2021, pp. 203-214.
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Giovanni Antonio Lazzari |
Bishop of Amelia 1592–1611 |
Succeeded by Antonio Maria Franceschini |
| Preceded by | Apostolic Nuncio to Venice 1596–1598 |
Succeeded by Offredo de Offredi |
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