Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
CASANATE, GIROLAMO. - Dominican cardinal, b. in Naples of an ancient and noble Spanish family on 13 February 1620, d. in Rome on 3 March 1700.
In 1635 he took his degree in utroque iure at the University of Naples. Having assumed the Dominican habit, in 1645 he went to Rome, where Innocenzo X, who as a cardinal had taken a liking to him, appointed him chamberlain of honour; subsequently C. entered the prelature and became an assistant at the Roman court. In 1648 he was elected governor of the Sabina, where he remained for four years, winning esteem for his intelligent administration.
In 1652 he was governor of Fabriano, and in 1656 governor of Ancona; at the beginning of January 1658 the cardinal secretary of State summoned him back to Rome. For several months he remained without office, and was thus able to devote himself to his favourite studies among the numerous books he had already collected. On 23 September he left Rome to assume the office of inquisitor of Malta. He returned to Rome on 7 June 1663 and in the decade 1663-73 was employed in various high offices, including that of governor of Borgo (1665-1667), governor of the Conclave (2 June 1667), assessor-
(phot. B. N. Marconi, Genoa)
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“CASANATE, GIROLAMO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), p. 568. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/casanate-girolamo.
