Giacopo Antonio Venier (1422–1479) (called the Cardinal of Cuenca) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Giacopo Antonio Venier was born in Recanati in 1422.[1][2] After obtaining a doctorate in law, he moved to Rome to become a papal scriptor.[1] He later became a cleric in the Apostolic Camera.[1]
On 15 September 1460 Alfonso V of Aragon named him Bishop of Siracusa.[1] Pope Pius II confirmed this appointment on 9 January 1462.[1] On 16 September 1464 he was transferred to the see of León, with Venier taking possession of the bishopric on 7 October.[1] He was consecrated as a bishop on 22 December 1465 in the church of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine in Rome by Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville, Archbishop of Rouen.[1] Pope Paul II named Venier nuncio to Henry IV of Castile, who resent Venier to Rome as his ambassador.[1] In 1460, he became the pope's nuncio to Francesco I Sforza in Milan.[1] He was transferred to the see of Cuenca on 6 October 1469, taking possession of the see on 7 August 1470.[1] He occupied this see until his death.[1]
In the consistory of 7 May 1473, Pope Sixtus IV made Venier a cardinal priest.[1] On 10 May 1473 he received the red hat in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and on 17 May he received the titulus of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (a deaconry raised pro illa vice to titulus).[1] He opted for the titular church of the Basilica di San Clemente on 3 December 1476.[1]
He died in Recanati on 3 August 1479.[1] He was transferred to Rome and buried in the Basilica di San Clemente on 12 August 1479.[1]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Alfonso de Fonseca, Bishop of Ávila (1470).[2]
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