Marcantonio Bragadin (cardinal)
| Marcantonio Bragadin | |
|---|---|
| cardinal priest of San Marco | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Bishop of Vicenza |
| Appointed | 3 October 1639 |
| Term ended | 14 October 1655 |
| Predecessor | Luca Stella |
| Successor | Giovanni Battista Brescia |
| Other posts | Bishop of Crema, Bishop of Caneda |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 21 December 1629 (Bishop) by Antonio Marcello Barberini |
| Created Cardinal | 16 December 1641 by Pope Urban VIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1591 Venezia |
| Died | March 28, 1658 (aged 66–67) Rome |
| Buried | San Marco, Rome |
Marcantonio Bragadin (1591 – 28 March 1658) was a Venetian Catholic cardinal who served as Bishop of Vicenza.
Marcantonio Bragadin was born in Venice in 1591 (other sources indicate 1590 or 1594). His grandfather was Marco Antonio Bragadin, famous for having been flayed alive after the Ottoman conquest of Famagusta in 1571. His father, Antonio, had been one of the leaders of the Council of Ten in 1607.
Marcantonio completed his studies earning a doctorate in utroque iure. He initially took the political career in the Republic of Venice, but already in 1624 moved to Rome and became an ecclesiastic: on 28 September 1626 he was ordained priest. He took up a career in the administration of the Papal States: on 17 March 1627 he became referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature, in April to December 1627 he was governor of Fabriano, then in 1628 governor of Sabina and later of Narni.
On 3 December 1630 Bragadin was appointed Bishop of Crema, which was a Venetian inland province. The episcopal consecration followed on 21 December in the Sistine Chapel by the hands of Antonio Marcello Barberini. Already on 12 January 1633 Bragadin was moved to the Diocese of Ceneda, nearer to Venice. In Ceneda he succeeded to keep exempt the town from the taxation over the near Treviso, and in 1634 he issued a ban prohibiting the insults to the Jews during the processions.
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