Bernardino Spada

Bernardino Spada (* April 21, 1594 in Brisighella, † November 10, 1661 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Bernardino Spada came from the Italian noble family Spada that the merchant Paolo Spada owed ​​their rise. This accumulated in the course of his life by not always legal business conduct a considerable fortune to which he used, among other things, to invest in the career of his descendants. Bernardino Spada was his third son. Him he allowed a brilliant career at the Curia.

Bernardino Spada was from 1623 to 1627 served as nuncio at the French court. Following that followed from 1627 to 1631 the acquisition of the Legation in Bologna. In this office Bernardino Spada had to advance the interests and instructions of the Pope in this city. On January 26, 1626 appointment was made a Cardinal by Pope Urban VIII. His titular church of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio was.

As a member of the College of Cardinals in Rome interceded Bernardino Spada, among other things for his family members. Through him the marriage of his nephew Orazio Spada Maria Veralli came about. Thus came the Spada to the legacy of this long-established family in the Curia, whose only descendant of Maria Veralli was. Among the funded Bernardino Spada relatives also included the total of 11 children of the marriage Orazio Spada with Maria Veralli. Of them, Fabrizio Spada did not last, thanks to the patronage of his great-uncle also career at the Curia, received in 1675 not only the cardinal's hat, but also became Cardinal Secretary of State.

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