Decio Carafa
| Decio Carafa | |
|---|---|
| Diocese | Naples |
| See | Santa Maria Assunta |
| Appointed | 1613 |
| Term ended | 1626 |
| Predecessor | Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona |
| Successor | Francesco Boncompagni |
| Other posts | papal nuncio |
| Orders | |
| Created Cardinal | 17 August 1611 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1556 Naples, Kingdom of Naples |
| Died | January 23, 1626 (aged 69–70) Naples, Kingdom of Naples |
| Buried | Naples Cathedral |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Decio Carafa (1556–1626) was an Archbishop of Naples who had previously served as papal nuncio to the Spanish Netherlands (1606–1607) and to Habsburg Spain (1607–1611).
Carafa was born in Naples in 1556, the son of Ottaviano Carafa, lord of Cerza Piccola, by Marzia Mormile. Trained to the clergy, he became an apostolic notary and domestic prelate in the Roman curia.
He served on a papal mission to Portugal in 1598–1605, after which Pope Paul V appointed him to the titular see of Damascus on 17 May 1606 and papal nuncio to Flanders on 12 June. He left Rome on 9 July, reached Brussels on 1 September, and was received in audience by the ruling Archdukes Albert and Isabella on 6 September 1606.
Carafa served in Flanders for only eight months, his main concern being to encourage the negotiations that led to the Twelve Years' Truce (1609–1621) temporarily ending the Eighty Years' War. In May 1607 he was transferred to Spain, arriving in Madrid on 25 July. He was received in audience by Philip III of Spain on 3 August 1607. In 1609 he convinced Francisco Suarez to write against the claims of James VI and I regarding the 1606 Oath of Allegiance. In 1610 he played a role in dissuading Philip III from making war on France over French claims in the Rhineland and Italy, and encouraging the negotiations that led to the marriage of Louis XIII to Anne of Austria. From day to day he represented papal interests in the ongoing implementation of Tridentine reform in Spain.
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