GRIMANI, MARINO. – Cardinal, born in Venice around 1489, died in Orvieto on 28 September 1545. Nephew of Cardinal Domenico, he was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508 and, in that capacity, took part in the Lateran Council. On 19 January 1517 he succeeded his uncle in the patriarchate of Aquileia. Clement VII created him a cardinal on 3 May 1527.
He was also administrator of the diocese of Concordia and, from 1544, suburbicarian bishop of Porto. He resigned the episcopate of Ceneda and the patriarchate of Aquileia several times in favor of brothers and relatives, subsequently regaining possession of them as administrator or by right of reversion. He asserted the rights of Aquileia and of the part of its territory occupied by Austria at the Diet of Worms (1521) and the Meeting of Bologna (1529), and had jurisdictional disputes with the Venetian Republic over Ceneda. During the struggle between Charles V and Francis I, he worked for reconciliation at the Meeting of Busseto. In 1535 he was legate of Perugia, which was plagued by the Baglioni, and succeeded in restoring peace throughout the Umbrian territory; in 1544 he was legate of Parma and Piacenza. He served on the various Commissions established by Paul III for the reform of the officials of the Papal States and of the Chancery, and for the affairs of the Council. He took part in the Conclave at which Paul III was elected. A patron of men of letters and artists, he enjoyed a reputation for great learning. He anonymously published a Commentarium in Epistolas Pauli ad Romanos et Galatas (Venice 1542).