Pier Matteo Petrucci, C.O. (1636–1701) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

His Eminence

Pier Matteo Petrucci
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1687–1701
PredecessorFederico Baldeschi Colonna
SuccessorGianalberto Badoer
Orders
Consecration20 April 1681
by Alderano Cibo
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born20 May 1636
Died5 July 1701 (1701-07-06) (aged 65)

Biography

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Pier Matteo Petrucci was a priest and a philosophy professor. Together with Cardinal Alderano Cibo, he founded an institute for runaway children. In 1678, he became a superior of his Order. On 20 April 1681 he was consecrated bishop by Alderano Cibo, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati in Jesi. Giacomo Altoviti, Titular Patriarch of Antiochia, and Odoardo Cibo, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria were serving as co-consecrators.[1] Pope Innocent XI made him a cardinal on 2 September 1686.

His works on mysticism and spirituality were criticized by the Jesuit Paolo Segneri. In 1688, the Inquisition banned his Quietistic writings about the passive resignation of the soul to God for being heretically mystical. Oddly enough, a treatise for women authored by the cardinal was still translated for English Protestants.[2]

Petrucci participated at the conclaves of 1689 (election of Alexander VIII), 1691 (election of Innocent XII), and 1700 (election of Clement XI). He was Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church in 1694–95.

Episcopal succession

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While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "PETRUCCI, Orat., Pier Matteo (1636-1701)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University.
  2. ^ Petrucci, Pier Matteo (1704). Christian perfection, consisting in the Love of God: Explain’d in Several Letters to a Lady, &c. Written Originally in Italian, by Cardinal Petrucci. Now Render’d into English, With an Account of the Author. London : Richard Smith.
  3. ^ Cheney, David M. "Pier Matteo Cardinal Petrucci, C.O." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved December 30, 2018. [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Jesi
1681–1691
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
1687–1701
Succeeded by