Cesare Monti

Cesare Monti (* May 15, 1594 in Milan, † August 16, 1650 ) was an Italian cardinal, who was Archbishop of Milan from 1632.

Life

Family background

Cesare Monti was the younger of two sons of the Milanese patrician and senator Princivalle Monti and his second wife Anna Landriani. His older brother Marcantonio 1628 was also a senator.

Early life

Monti to 1617 studied the law at the University of Pavia, and dwelt during the Collegio Borromeo. Due to the good relationship his father to Cardinal Federico Borromeo he could start his career at the Curia as apostolic prothonotary. Four years later, he worked for the Holy Office and learned Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII know. After serving as nuncio to Spain in 1628 he received the lower and higher orders in the next two years.

Bishop and cardinal

1629 was Monti Titularpatriarch of Antioch, on January 28, 1630, he received episcopal ordination. On November 19, 1629 Urban VIII had him also elevated to cardinal.

Three years later, in December 1632, was Monti Archbishop of Milan and immediately came into conflict about the asset management of the Archdiocese, which was only resolved in 1634 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo. But political problems around the French - Spanish war made ​​the Archbishop hard to create. He handed the regulations of relations between Lombard Catholics and Protestants finally to the Swiss cantons. He was also one of the participants of the conclave of 1644th

Cesare Monti died on August 16 in 1650. His grave is located in the Cathedral of Milan.