Agostino Oreggi
| Agostino Oreggi | |
|---|---|
| cardinal priest of S. Sisto | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Archbishop of Benevento |
| Appointed | 28 November 1633 |
| Term ended | 12 July 1635 |
| Predecessor | Alessandro di Sangro |
| Successor | Vincenzo Maculani |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 31 December 1633 (Bishop) by Antonio Marcello Barberini |
| Created Cardinal | 28 November 1633 by Pope Urban VIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1577 Santa Sofia, Italy, |
| Died | July 12, 1635 (aged 57–58) Benevento |
| Buried | Benevento Cathedral |
Agostino Oreggi (1577-1635) was a Catholic theologian and cardinal. As personal theologian of Pope Urban VIII, he was involved in the Galileo affair.
Agostino Oreggi was born in 1577 in the little town of Santa Sofia, in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany near the borders with Romagna. His parents were from Bironico in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. He moved to Rome in 1594 for studying. With the support of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino he graduated in phylosophy and theology in the Collegio Romano held by the Jesuits, and he earned also a doctorate in utroque iure. He became the "personal theologian" of Card Bellarmino.
In 1605, already a priest, Oreggi moved to Faenza where he taught and entered in contact with Maffeo Barberini, Cardinal legate of the near Bologna from 1611 to 1614. He remained in service of Maffeo Barberini as his almoner and theologian.
A turning point in the life of Agostino Oreggi was the elevation of Maffeo Barberini to the papacy as Pope Urban VIII in August 1623. In January 1624 he became Consultor (judge) of the Holy Office and member of the Congregation of the Council. He worked with his colleagues of Congregation of Propaganda Fide in publishing a rebuttal of Islamic doctrine in 1625 and in 1630 to permit the Jesuits to evangelize Japan. In 1633 he was part of a committee that studied a reshape of the dioceses in Irland, due to the persecutions suffered by the Catholics there.
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