Antonio Piccolomini, O.S.B. (died 1459) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Siena (1459) and Bishop of Siena (1458–1459).[1][2]
Most Reverend Antonio Piccolomini | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Siena | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Siena |
| In office | 1458–1459 |
| Predecessor | Enea Silvio Piccolomini |
| Successor | Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 16 April 1459 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 8 November 1459 Siena, Italy |
Biography edit
Antonio Piccolomini was the son of Andrea Piccolomini, of the lords of Modanella, in the same branch of the Piccolomini family as Pope Pius II.[3]
He was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[2] He was appointed abbot of the Camaldolese monastery of S. Vigilio in Siena, which was under the patronage of the Piccolomini family.[4] He was succeeded by Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini (Pope Pius III), who was named Abbot Commendatory in 1458.[5]
On 18 September 1458, Antonio was appointed Bishop of Siena by the newly-elected Pope Pius II, who had just vacated the bishopric of Siena.[6] Pius II granted him the privilege of being consecrated a bishop by any bishop he chose who was in communion with Rome.[7] As bishop-elect, he took possession of his new diocese on 28 September 1458.[8] On 16 April 1459, he was consecrated bishop, though the names of the consecrators remain unknown.[2]
On 18 April 1459, at the urging and with the cooperation of Pius II, who lent Bishop Antonio the services of Agapito Cincio de' Rusticii, a Referendary and Auditor Causarum in the papal Court, there was issued a new Constitution for the diocese, consisting of fifty-six articles.[9]
On 23 April 1459, Pope Pius II elevated the diocese of Siena, of which he had recently been the bishop, to the rank of Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena.[10]
Antonio Piccolomini served as Archbishop of Siena a total of seventeen months, until his death on 8 November 1459.[1][2] He had gone to Monte Amiata to the baths of S. Filippo, for health reasons, and died at the castle of Crevole, which belonged to the bishops of Siena.[11] He was succeeded on 6 February 1460 by Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b Konrad Eubel (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 235.
- ^ a b c d "Archbishop Antonio Piccolomini, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017.[self-published source]
- ^ Giuseppe Cappelletti (1862). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. decimosettimo (17). Venezia: Antonelli. p. 494. In an inscription of 1459 in a hall in the Public Palace in Siena, he is called Pius II's gentilem: Giovanni Antonio Pecci (1748). Storia del Vescovado della città di Siena (in Italian). Lucca: Marescandoli. p. 324.
- ^ Ferdinando Ughelli; Nicolò Coleti (1718). Italia sacra sive de Episcopis Italiae, et insularum adjacentium (in Latin). Vol. Tomus tertius (secunda ed.). Venice: Apud Sebastianum Coleti. p. 575. Eubel II, p. 235.
- ^ Matteo Sanfilippo (2015), "Pio III, papa." Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 83, places the grant in October 1458.
- ^ Pecci, p. 324.
- ^ Pecci, p. 325.
- ^ Pecci, p. 324, quoting Sigismondo Tizio, Historiae Senenses: "Die interea Septembris оctаvа, atque vicesima Antonius Abbas S. Vigilii electus Episcopus possessioncm Episcopii magna pompa, et comitantibus multis Civibus apprehendit."
- ^ Pecci, pp. 329-331.
- ^ The bull "Triumphans Pastor", dated 23 April 1459, is quoted in full by Cappelletti, pp. 495-498.
- ^ Pecci, p. 331
- ^ Eubel II, p. 235.