Francesco Maria Brancaccio

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name = Francesco Maria Brancaccio


See = Diocese of Viterbo
Title = Bishop of Viterbo,Cardinal priest
Period = 28 November 1633—9 January 1675
cardinal = 28 November 1633
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Successor =
post = Bishop of Viterbo | date of birth = Birth date|1592|4|15|mf=y
place of birth = Canneto, near Bari,Italy
date of death = Death date and age|1675|1|9|1592|4|15
place of death =

Francesco Maria Brancaccio (15 April 1592, Canneto, near Bari - 9 January 1675) was an Italian cardinal.

He was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Urban VIII in his consistory of 28 November 1633. He became Bishop of Viterbo in 1638, then of Sabina (1666-68), and finally of Frascati (1668-71). He attended the papal conclaves of 1667 and 1669, which elected popes Clement IX and Clement X respectively.

Patron of the arts

During his time in Rome he formed the "Biblioteca Brancacciana" (which later moved to Naples and became that city's first public library - it is now part of the National Library of Naples) and housed the artist Salvator Rosa.

In 1642 Giovanni Gentile dedicated a teaching-collection of music entitled "Solfeggiamenti et ricercari a due voci" ("Solfèges and ricercari for two voices" - Lodovico Grignani, Rome, 1642) to him. The frontispiece gives him as "CARD. FRANCESCO MARIA / BRANCACCIO. / VESCOVO DI VITERBO" ("Cardinal Francesco Maria Brancaccio, bishop of Viterbo") and in the appendices is a canon in two voices "Cavato dalle lettere vocali del nome, e cognome / DELL'EMINENTISSIMO E REVERENDISSIMO / CARDINALE BRANCACCIO" ("Based on the vocal letters of the name and surname of the most eminent and most reverend / cardinal Brancaccio").

ources

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbrafm.html Francesco Maria Brancaccio] on [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org www.catholic-hierarchy.org]

External links

* [http://www.bicinium.it/Pagine/Source/Source_Gentile.php?lang=it Dedication by G. Gentile, to Cardinale Brancaccio]