Gregorio Barbarigo

Saint Gregorio Barbarigo
Bishop of Padua
Gregorio Barbarigo by Ermanno Stroiffi
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Padua
Appointed	24 March 1664
Installed	24 April 1664
Term ended	18 June 1697
Predecessor	Giorgio Corner
Successor	Giorgio Cornaro
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco (1677-97)
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1655 by Gianfrancesco Morosini
Consecration	29 July 1657 by Marcantonio Bragadin
Created cardinal	5 April 1660 by Pope Alexander VII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Gregorio Giovanni Gaspare Barbarigo (1625-09-16)16 September 1625 Venice, Republic of Venice
Died	18 June 1697(1697-06-18) (aged 71) Padua, Republic of Venice
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Bergamo (1657-64) Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione (1660-77)
Sainthood
Feast day	17 June General Roman Calendar of 1960 18 June General Roman Calendar
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	6 July 1761 Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII
Canonized	26 May 1960 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John XXIII
Attributes	Cardinal's attire Crucifix
Patronage	Diocese of Bergamo Diocese of Padua

Gregorio Giovanni Gaspare Barbarigo (16 September 1625 – 18 June 1697) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Bishop of Bergamo and later as the Bishop of Padua. He was a frontrunner in both the 1689 and 1691 papal conclaves as he had distinguished himself for his diplomatic and scholastic service.^[1] He became noted as a scholar for his distinguished learning and as an able pastor for his careful attention to pastoral initiatives and frequent parish visitations.^[2][3]

Barbarigo's beatification was celebrated in 1761 under Pope Clement XIII, while Pope John XXIII canonized the late cardinal in 1960; the latter pope held Barbarigo as a great role model and fostered a devotion to him since the pope had hailed from Bergamo. His liturgical feast is on 17 June in the General Roman Calendar of 1960. On the General Roman Calendar of 1969, it is observed on 18 June.