Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Davia (Gianantonio De Via) - nuncio in the Commonwealth (1696-1700)

Authors

  • Wojciech Kęder WHiDK UPJP2, Kraków

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/sts.3528

Keywords:

Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Davia, Nuncio Giovanni Antonio Davia, Cardinal Gianantonio de Via, diplomacy of the Holy See

Abstract

In the years 1696-1700, the nuncio in the Commonwealth was Giovanni Antonio Davia, later a cardinal. During his mission there were a number of complicated internal and external problems that plagued the Commonwealth: Turkish wars, relations between Catholics and infidels in Poland, and the political conflicts in Lithuania that ended in civil war. One of the most interesting topics is that of the possible participation of Giovanni Antonio Davia in the election of King Frederic Augustus Wettyn of Poland, whose reign had such terrible consequences for the Commonwealth. Davia was accused of supporting the Saxon candidacy by French diplomats and their supporters in Poland, because he owed the Saxon elector for the release of his nephew Giovanni Battista from Turkish captivity, which the Davia family sought. There is no direct evidence of the nuncio breaking the neutrality of the election, and only the accusations of Wettyn's opponents remain.

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Published

2020-01-20

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Historia

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