Girolamo Verospi Explained

Girolamo Verospi (1599  - 5 January 1652) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.

Biography

Verospi was born in 1599 in Rome; the son of Ferdinando Verospi and Giulia de' Massimi and the nephew of Cardinal Fabrizio Verospi. At a young age he became an advocate of causes to the Roman Curia and auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota in 1627.[1]

He was elevated to cardinal by Pope Urban VIII in 1641 and was made Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agnese in Agone the following year.[2] At the same time he was appointed Bishop of Osimo.[3] He was consecrated at the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Antonio Marcello Barberini.

Verospi participated in the Papal conclave of 1644 which elected Pope Innocent X.

Verospi died on 5 January 1652 at Osimo and news of his death reached Rome two days later.

Notes and References

  1. http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1641.htm S. Miranda:
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Girolamo Cardinal Verospi . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  3. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 104. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)