Filippo Antonio Gualterio (cardinal)

Filippo Antonio Gualterio (24 March 1660 – 21 April 1728) was made a papal nuncio to France (1700–1706) and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1706.

Most Reverend

Filippo Antonio Gualterio
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
ChurchCatholic Church
Orders
Consecration16 May 1700
by François de Mailly
Personal details
Born24 March 1660
Fermo, Italy
Died21 April 1728

Life

Gualterio was born in Fermo. Descended from the ancient Gualterio family of Orvieto related to Pope Innocent X, he was grand-nephew of Cardinal Carlo Gualterio and uncle of Cardinal Luigi Gualterio.

Born at Fermo, whose archdiocese was governed by his grand-uncle Carlo, he was the eldest of 17 children of Stanislao Gualterio, Gonfaloniere of Orvieto, and Anna Maria Cioli, noble of Todi.[1] He received doctorates at the University of Fermo in philosophy, theology, and utroque iure, both canon and civil law. Beginning in 1685, when he was made Governor of San Severino, he served in various governorates of the Papal States until he was sent as Vice-legate to Avignon (1696–1700), where he carried himself so well he was made papal nuncio to the court of King Louis XIV of France in April 1700, in preparation for which he was made titular archbishop of Atena at the end of March. On 16 May 1700, he was consecrated bishop by François de Mailly, Archbishop of Arles.[2][3] Another member of his family, Sebastiano Gualterio, had already served as nuncio to France in 1554. He was made Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit. He was recalled to Rome to be created cardinal in the consistory of 17 May 1706 and sent as legate to Romagna, 25 June. During his nunciature he established ties with prominent members of the European nobility and, in particular, with the Duc of Saint-Simon, who often mentions him in the Memoirs. In recognition of the esteem he gained from King Louis XIV, he was named the commendatory abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Remy in Rheims (1710) and of the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Paris (1713 or 1714).

Gualterio was nominated Cardinal Protector of Scotland, as of 1706, and England, as of 1717, he was one of the closest advisers to the Stuart Pretender, James Stuart, the would-be James III of England,[4] who conferred upon his brother Giovanni Battista the Jacobite title of Earl of Dundee.[5]

In 1709 Gualterio was transferred to the Diocese of Todi, with the personal title of archbishop, later resigning the see in favour of his brother, Ludovico Anselmo Gualterio, 5 December 1714. He participated in the Papal conclave, 1721, which elected Pope Innocent XIII and in the conclave of 1724, which elected Pope Benedict XIII.

Founder of a monumental library, now part of the Accademia dei Lincei, and of a vast collection of art, which after his death was partly acquired by Hans Sloane and is now at the British Museum, Gualterio was elected an honorary member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1715).

Gualterio's remains were transferred to the tomb of his family in the Cathedral of Orvieto. The Gualterio papers are conserved at the British Library.

References

  1. Biographical information from Salvador Miranda, "Cardinals of the Holy Roman church".
  2. Miranda, Salvador. "GUALTERIO, Filippo Antonio (1660-1728)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
  3. Cheney, David M. "Filippo Antonio Cardinal Gualtieri". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. [self-published]
  4. Edward T. Corp. The Stuart Court in Rome: the legacy of exile, 2003: 72, passim; Corp, The Jacobites at Urbino: An Exiled Court in Transition, 2009: 55 et passim.
  5. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts Calendar of the Stuart papers belonging to His Majesty the king, 1902: 204, 25 January 1706. In 1723 Gualterio was created Marquis of Corgnolo, near Orvieto, by Pope Innocent XIII. Between 1713 and 1720 he also retained the title of Duke of Cumia (created by King Philip V of Spain)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Marcello d'Aste
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
1700–1706
Succeeded by
Giuseppe Vallemani
Preceded by
Daniello Marco Delfino
Apostolic Nuncio to France
1700–1706
Succeeded by
Agostino Cusani
Preceded by
Taddeo Luigi dal Verme
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola
1701–1714
Succeeded by
Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini
Preceded by
Fabrizio Spada
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
1708–1724
Succeeded by
Prospero Marefoschi
Preceded by
Giuseppe Pianetti
Bishop of Todi
1709–1714
Succeeded by
Ludovico Anselmo Gualtieri
Preceded by
Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
1724–1726
Succeeded by
Cornelio Bentivoglio
Preceded by
Giuseppe Sacripante
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
1726–1728
Succeeded by
Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola
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