Andrea Cornaro (cardinal)

Andrea Cornaro (born in 1511 in Venice) was an Italian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, and later for Brescia. He was ordained in 1527. He was appointed bishop in 1527. He died in 1551.[1]

A member of the House of Cornaro, Andrea Cornaro was born in Venice on 18 December 1511, the son of Giacomo Cornaro.[2] He was the nephew of Cardinals Marco Cornaro and Francesco Cornaro, and a cousin of Cardinals Luigi Cornaro and Federico Cornaro.[2]

On 13 March 1532 he was elected Bishop of Brescia.[2] He was appointed administrator of the diocese until he reached the canonical age of 30; he thereafter occupied the see until his death.[2] In 1534, he became a cleric in the Apostolic Camera.[2]

Pope Paul III made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of 19 December 1544.[2] He received the red hat and the deaconry of San Teodoro on 9 January 1545.[2]

As cardinal, he attended a few sessions of the Council of Trent.[2] He was also a participant in the papal conclave of 1549-50 that elected Pope Julius III.[2] The new pope made Cardinal Cornaro papal legate in Viterbo and the Patrimonium Sancti Petri.[2] On 27 June 1550 he opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Domnica.[2]

A scholar, he published two pastoral works, De statu praelatorium and De residentia episcoporum.[2] Seven volumes of his letters in Latin and two volumes in the Venetian language were also published.[2]

He died in Rome on 30 January 1551.[2] He was initially buried in the Basilica di Sant'Agostino.[2] His remains were later transferred to Venice and buried in the family tomb in San Salvador.[2]