The episcopal ordination of Ciriaco Cardinal Rocci
My friend and colleague Angelo M. Tavazza has found the
details of the episcopal ordination of another seventeenth century
prelate: Ciriaco Cardinal Rocci, cardinal
and one time Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland and to the Holy Roman Emperor.
Ciriaco Rocci, a Roman by birth, received episcopal
ordination on 2 July 1628 in Ferrara, in the Church of the Gesù, by Giulio Cesare
Cardinal Sacchetti, Bishop of Fano. This
information and other biographical details of Cardinal Rocci can be found in
Mr. Tavazza’s latest article, Some notes on the life of Cardinal Ciriaco
Rocci published on Academia.edu. https://www.academia.edu/31107996
With the knowledge of his consecrator, we now know that
Cardinal Rocci and his line of twenty nine bishops belong to the extinct line
of Tolomeo Cardinal Gallio which now increases from 122 bishops to 152 bishops.
I am impressed by the research skills and scholarship which
Mr. Tavazza has brought to this article and his previous article on Bishop
Francesco Ravizza and I look forward to his future contributions in this area
of study.
