(56) 1. BORROMEO, Giberto Bartolomeo (1671-1740)

Birth. September 12, 1671, at 10:15 p.m., Milan. Baptized on September 17, 1671, in the church of S. Alessandro, Milan. Of the counts of Arona. Destined to the ecclesiastical state, received the tonsure and the abbey of Viboldone, September 1683. Other cardinals member of the family were Carlo Borromeo (1560); Federico Borromeo, seniore (1587); Giberto Borromeo, seniore (1652); Federico Borromeo, iuniore (1670); Vitaliano Borromeo (1766); and Edoardo Borromeo (1868).

Education. Scuola Seminario of Milan, 1683-1690; University of Pavia, Pavia (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, July 7, 1691); Milan (doctorate in theology, November 9, 1691).

Early life. Protonotary apostolic, 1692. Vice-legate in Bologna, 1692 to October 1693, when because of bad health returned to Milan and lived there until 1705. Apparently, he suffered from ipocondria and later from pellagra. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace.

Priesthood. Ordained, December 14, 1710.

Episcopate. Elected titular patriarch of Antioch, January 26, 1711. Consecrated, March 1, 1711, by Cardinal Giuseppe Archinto, archbishop of Milan. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, June 26, 1711. Abbot of Ss. Pietro e Paolo di Monforte, February 1712. Transferred to the see of Novara, retaining the titular patriarchate, January 17, 1714. Prefect of the Cubiculi of His Holiness, June 16, 1716.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of March 15, 1717; received the red hat and the title of S. Alessio, May 10, 1717. Participated in the conclave of 1721, which elected Pope Innocent XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1724, which elected Pope Benedict XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII.

Death. January 22, 1740, Novara. Buried in the church of S. Marco, Novara, and later transferred to the chapel of S. Carlo, in the cathedral of Novara.

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