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. A member of the
House of Cornaro, Andrea Cornaro was born in
Venice on 18 December 1511, the son of Giacomo Cornaro. He was the nephew of Cardinals
Marco Cornaro and
Francesco Cornaro, and a cousin of Cardinals
Luigi Cornaro and
Federico Cornaro. On 13 March 1532 he was elected
Bishop of Brescia. He was appointed administrator of the diocese until he reached the
canonical age of 30; he thereafter occupied the see until his death. In 1534, he became a cleric in the
Apostolic Camera.
Pope Paul III made him a
cardinal deacon in the
consistory of 19 December 1544. He received the
red hat and the
deaconry of
San Teodoro on 9 January 1545. As cardinal, he attended a few sessions of the
Council of Trent. He was also a participant in the
papal conclave of 1549-50 that elected
Pope Julius III. The new pope made Cardinal Cornaro
papal legate in
Viterbo and the
Patrimonium Sancti Petri. On 27 June 1550 he opted for the deaconry of
Santa Maria in Domnica. A scholar, he published two pastoral works,
De statu praelatorium and
De residentia episcoporum. Seven volumes of his letters in
Latin and two volumes in the
Venetian language were also published. He died in
Rome on 30 January 1551. He was initially buried in the
Basilica di Sant'Agostino. His remains were later transferred to Venice and buried in the family tomb in
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