ACQUAVIVA, OTTAVIO, senior. - Cardinal b. in Naples in 1560, d. there in 1612. Summoned to Rome by Sixtus V, he was appointed, in 1589, vice-legate of the Patrimony. Majordomo of Gregory XIII, he was created cardinal by the latter on 16 March 1591 and appointed legate of Campania. With the same duties Clement VIII sent him, in Oct. 1593, to Avignon, where he reorganized the administration of justice and encountered no small difficulties on the part of the Protestants.
During the period of his delegation the conversion of Henry IV took place. Having returned, in 1597, to Rome, he received a solemn welcome from the populace and was appointed, in 1605, by Leo XI, archbishop of Naples. A zealous and charitable pastor, he distinguished himself particularly at the time of the famine; he diligently assisted the poor, endowed the Monte di Pietà, enlarged the revenues of the chapter and erected two convents for the Friars Minor. He left various manuscript works, among them one on the Summa of St. Thomas.
Bibliography3 worksL. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali, V, Rome 1733, pp. 317-20; Pastor, XI pp. 9-765, passim; P. Richard, s. v. in DHG, I, col. 360.
BIBL.: L. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali, V, Rome 1733, pp. 317-20; Pastor, XI pp. 9-765, passim; P. Richard, s. v. in DHG, I, col. 360.
De, Camillis Mario. “Acquaviva, ottavio, senior.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 244. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/acquaviva-ottavio-senior.
MLA
De, Camillis Mario. “Acquaviva, ottavio, senior.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 244. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/acquaviva-ottavio-senior.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_acquaviva_ottavio_senior,
author = {De, Camillis Mario},
title = {Acquaviva, ottavio, senior},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {244},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/acquaviva-ottavio-senior}
}
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