BRANCACCIO (BRANCATIO), CESARE. - Apostolic nuncio, born in Napoli in 1515 or 1516. After taking part in the Neapolitan revolution against the Spaniards, he took refuge in France, whence he was recalled to Roma in Aug. 1555 by Card. Carlo Carafa, his intimate friend. On 4 Jan. 1556 he was appointed governor of Roma by Paolo IV and, in Oct. of the same year, sent to Enrico II with the mission of obtaining France’s aid against the Spaniards. In July 1557 he obtained permission to return to Roma, where, on 1 Sept., he was appointed superintendent of the Holy See and subsequently governor of the Marche. He shared the fate of Card. Carafa when the latter fell into the Pope’s disfavour. On 6 March 1558 he was deprived of all his offices, and two years later Pio IV had him confined in Castel S. Angelo together with Card. Carafa. In 1563 he seems to have been in Parigi. From that year onward all trace of him has been lost.
BRANCACCIO (BRANCATIO), CESARE
BIBL.: R. Ancel, Nonciatures de France. Nonciatures de Paul IV. Nonciatures de Sebastiano Gualtiere et de C. B., I, Parigi 1909, pp. xxv-xxxi and passim; II, Parigi 1911, passim; H. Biaudet, Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes jusqu'en 1648, Helsinki 1910, p. 100. Emma Santovito
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“BRANCACCIO (BRANCATIO), CESARE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), p. 35. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/brancaccio-brancatio-cesare.