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Marco Cornaro (1482–1524) (called Cardinal Cornaro and Cardinal Cornelius) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Biography
A member of the House of Cornaro, Marco Cornaro was born in Venice in 1482, the son of Giorgio Cornaro and Elisabetta Morosini.[1] He was the nephew of Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus.[1] His older brother Francesco Cornaro was also a cardinal.[1] Early in his life, Marco Cornaro was a protonotary apostolic.[1]
Pope Alexander VI made Cornaro a cardinal deacon in the consistory of September 28, 1500.[1] He received the deaconry of Santa Maria in Campitelli on October 5, 1500.[1]
He arrived in Rome on September 1, 1503 and then participated in both the papal conclave of September 1503 that elected Pope Pius III, and the papal conclave of October 1503 that elected Pope Julius II.[1]
On November 29, 1503, he became apostolic administrator of the see of Verona, occupying this post to his death.[1] He was elected Bishop of Famagusta on December 11, 1503; he resigned this see on July 1, 1504.[1] In July 1506, he was named titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, holding this see until October 30, 1507, and then again from June 11, 1521 until his death.[1] In January 1511, he accompanied Pope Julius II during the siege of Mirandola.[1] The pope then named him papal legate to the Patrimonium Sancti Petri, holding this position until 1514.[1] He was also involved in the negotiations to reconcile the Republic of Venice with Pope Julius II.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1513 that elected Pope Leo X.[1] On March 19, 1513, he opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Via Lata.[1]
During the Fifth Council of the Lateran, he served on the Commission of Reform.[1]
He became a canon of Treviso Cathedral on April 23, 1513.[1] On December 11, 1513, he became chancellor of the metropolitan see of Nicosia.[1] On April 4, 1514, he was elected Bishop of Nemosia; he resigned this see on March 22, 1516.[1] On March 9, 1517, he became Bishop of Padua, occupying that see until his death.[1] On November 4, 1517, he became a member of the commission of cardinals on war with the Ottoman Empire.[1] He became administrator of the see of Nardò and legate to the Patrimonium Sancti Petri on January 24, 1519, holding this office until February 20, 1521.[1]
He became cardinal protodeacon on December 20, 1520.[1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1521–22 that elected Pope Adrian VI.[1] As cardinal protodeacon, he announced Adrian VI's election to the people of Rome on January 9, 1522, and crowned the pope in the papal coronation held in St. Peter's Basilica on January 31, 1522.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1523 that elected Pope Clement VII.[1] As cardinal protodeacon, he crowned the new pope on November 26, 1523.[1] Cardinal Cornaro was one of three cardinals whom the new pope named to inquire about the Lutherans.[1]
On December 14, 1523, he opted for the order of cardinal priests and the titular church of San Marco.[1] On May 20, 1524, he opted for the order of cardinal bishops and the Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano.[1] He opted for the Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina on June 15, 1524.[1]
He died in Venice on July 24, 1524.[1] He was initially buried in the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore.[1] In 1570, his remains, along with those of the other cardinals of his family, were transferred to St Mark's Basilica.[1]