The cardinal of the Spanish Crown Giannettino Doria embodies the typical international profile of an ecclesiastic involved in multiple political loyalties within the context of the transformations affecting the Habsburg Monarquía católica and the Holy See between the Sixteenth and the Seventeenth century. The book reconstructs Giannettino’s Genoese origins, his proud family membership, his long Spanish formation and the complex negotiations for his cardinal promotion. It then illuminates his power relations, his frustrated career ambitions in the Roman Curia and his political and pastoral choices. These latter were characterized by a jealous defense of his reputation and jurisdiction, and marked his second life in Sicily, where he served as archbishop of Palermo and as interim viceroy. The analysis of a wide geography of sources shows that his figure is much more complex than that reconstructed by hagiographic works. These mainly focused on his prominent role in the invention of the cult of Santa Rosalia and in the liberation from the plague in 1624.

Giannettino Doria, cardinale della Corona spagnola, incarna il profilo internazionale tipico di un ecclesiastico diviso tra plurime lealtà politiche, nel contesto delle trasformazioni che tra XVI e XVII secolo coinvolsero la Monarquía católica degli Asburgo e la Santa Sede. Il libro ne ricostruisce le origini genovesi, l’orgogliosa appartenenza familiare, la lunga formazione spagnola e le complesse negoziazioni della promozione cardinalizia, per poi illuminare le relazioni di potere, le frustrate ambizioni di carriera nella Curia romana e le scelte politiche e pastorali, improntate a una gelosa difesa della sua reputazione e giurisdizione, che scandirono la sua seconda vita in Sicilia come arcivescovo di Palermo e viceré ad interim. Dall’analisi di un’ampia geografia di fonti emerge una figura assai più complessa rispetto alle ricostruzioni agiografiche finora prevalenti, legate al suo protagonismo nell’invenzione del culto di Santa Rosalia e nella liberazione dalla peste del 1624.

D'Avenia, F. (2021). Giannettino Doria. Cardinale della Corona spagnola (1573-1642). Roma : Viella.

Giannettino Doria. Cardinale della Corona spagnola (1573-1642)

D'Avenia, F
2021-09-01

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The cardinal of the Spanish Crown Giannettino Doria embodies the typical international profile of an ecclesiastic involved in multiple political loyalties within the context of the transformations affecting the Habsburg Monarquía católica and the Holy See between the Sixteenth and the Seventeenth century. The book reconstructs Giannettino’s Genoese origins, his proud family membership, his long Spanish formation and the complex negotiations for his cardinal promotion. It then illuminates his power relations, his frustrated career ambitions in the Roman Curia and his political and pastoral choices. These latter were characterized by a jealous defense of his reputation and jurisdiction, and marked his second life in Sicily, where he served as archbishop of Palermo and as interim viceroy. The analysis of a wide geography of sources shows that his figure is much more complex than that reconstructed by hagiographic works. These mainly focused on his prominent role in the invention of the cult of Santa Rosalia and in the liberation from the plague in 1624.
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D'Avenia, F. (2021). Giannettino Doria. Cardinale della Corona spagnola (1573-1642). Roma : Viella.
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