MARCANTONIO AMULIO. — Cardinal, of the noble Venetian family da Mula, born in 1505, died in Rome on 13 March 1570. He was Podestà of Venice in 1529 and later ambassador of the Republic to various European courts. He was appointed bishop of Verona by Pius IV, at whose court he was accredited in Rome, and was created cardinal in 1561, with the title of S. Marcello. The Republic, which did not permit its agents to accept offices conferred by the powers to which they were accredited, imposed ostracism upon him. The Pope, in compensation, appreciating his high scholarly and humanistic qualities, entrusted him with the direction of the Vatican Library and the supervision of the antiquities of the city of Rome. Finally, on 15 June 1564, he commissioned him to collect the political and administrative documents relating to the history and rights of the Roman diocese. He died while carrying out this assignment.
AMULIO, MARCANTONIO
BIBL.: Mazzuchelli, I, II, pp. 651-655; L. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali, V, Rome 1793, pp. 33-35; P. Richard, S. V. in DHG, II, col. 1374.