ODESCALCHI, MARCO ANTONIO ANASTASIO. - Master of the Chamber, b. at Moltrasio in May 1624, d. at Rome on 28 May 1670. Having received Holy Orders at Como, he moved (1554) to Rome with his cousin once removed Cardinal Benedetto Odescalchi, who had resigned the bishopric of Novara, and he remained with him until his death in the capacity of Master of the Chamber.
During the plague of 1656-57 in Rome, O. went to assist the plague-stricken on the Tiber Island, which had been made into a lazaretto, and afterwards continued to help the poor in various ways, until he founded a special hospice later called that of S. Galla. He himself served the poor there, practiced heroic mortifications and fruitful priestly ministries there, and spent vast sums there, always aided by Cardinal Benedetto. He was buried in the choir of S. Maria in Campitelli, at the expense of Cardinal Benedetto, who had the inscription placed on the tomb that is still read there today.
The cardinal had thought of taking up the cause of O.'s beatification, but, having become pope (1676) under the name Innocent XI, he refrained from doing so for fear that it might appear a form of nepotism. He continued, however, to take great care of the hospice, to which he gave a definitive organization by a bull of 5 April 1686 addressed to his nephew Livio Odescalchi.
Bibliography3 worksthe above information is drawn from the Odescalchi Archive in Rome. Other brief notices may be found in C. B. Piazza, Emerologio di Roma cri
BIBL.: the above information is drawn from the Odescalchi Archive in Rome. Other brief notices may be found in C. B. Piazza, Emerologio di Roma cristiana e gentile, II, Rome 1690, pp. 333-34; id., Delle opere pie di Roma, ibid. 1699, pp. 123-24; G. Berthier, Vita di papa Innocenzo XI, ibid. 1889, pp. 23, 260.
Proja, Giovanni Battista. “Odescalchi, marco antonio anastasio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 69. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/odescalchi-marco-antonio-anastasio.
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Proja, Giovanni Battista. “Odescalchi, marco antonio anastasio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 69. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/odescalchi-marco-antonio-anastasio.
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@incollection{ec9_odescalchi_marco_antonio_anast,
author = {Proja, Giovanni Battista},
title = {Odescalchi, marco antonio anastasio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {69},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/odescalchi-marco-antonio-anastasio}
}
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