Carlo Grassi
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Carlo Grassi (1520 – 25 March 1571) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography[edit]
Carlo Grassi was born in Bologna in 1519, the son of Bolognese patrician Palatine Count Giannantonio Grassi and his wife Diana Grati.[1] He was the grand-nephew of Cardinal Achille Grassi.[1]
He was educated at the University of Bologna.[1] He received the subdiaconate before becoming canon and archpriest of Bologna Cathedral in 1550.[1] In 1554, he became a Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness.[1] He became a doctor of both laws in 1557.[1]
On 20 December 1555 he was elected to be Bishop of Montefiascone e Corneto; he was subsequently consecrated as a bishop.[1] During the sede vacante of 1559, the College of Cardinals appointed him to be governor of Rome, a post he held from 19 August 1559 until 26 March 1560.[1] On 30 March 1560 Pope Pius IV named him governor of Umbria and Perugia, with the title of vice-legate from 5 May 1560 until June 1561.[1] From 18 November 1561 until 1562, he was vice-legate in Camerino.[1] He participated in the Council of Trent from 11 November 1562 until its closing in 1563; he was named a member of the commission to revise the decree of reform on 8 October 1563.[1] On 20 January 1564 he was named governor of Viterbo and the Patrimonium Sancti Petri.[1] He became a cleric in the Apostolic Camera on 24 March 1565.[1] He also served as the praefectus annonae in 1565.[1] From 8 June 569 until 17 May 1570 he was governor of Rome and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.[1]
Pope Pius V made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 17 May 1570.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Sant'Agnese in Agone on 9 June 1570.[1] The pope charged him with seeking the support of the Republic of Venice and Spain for war against the Ottoman Empire.[1] He was also charged with some reforms of the Roman Curia.[1]
He died on 25 March 1571.[1] He was buried in Trinità dei Monti.[1]
