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Cardinals Created By Pius IV
Pope Pius IV (r. 1559–1565) created 46 cardinals in four consistories: 31 January 1560 # Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, nephew of the Pope, bishop of Foligno – cardinal-priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro (received the title on 14 February 1560), then cardinal-priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (15 May 1565), cardinal-priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (12 April 1570), cardinal-priest of S. Clemente (9 June 1570), cardinal-priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria (3 July 1570), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (31 July 1577), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (9 July 1578), cardinal-bishop of Palestrina (5 October 1578), cardinal-bishop of Frascati (4 March 1583), cardinal-bishop of Porto e S. Rufina (11 December 1587), cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri (2 March 1589), † 18 March 1591 # Charles Borromeo, nephew of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of SS. Vito e Modesto (received the title on 14 February 1560), then cardinal-deacon of SS. Silvestro e Martino (4 September 1560), cardinal-priest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritratto Di Pio IV
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art. Historical portraitur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Gesualdo
Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (20 October 1540 – 14 February 1603) was an Italian Cardinal starting in 1561. He was from Calitri, not far from Naples. His attendance at the papal conclave of 1565-1566 at the age of only 25 makes him one of the youngest Cardinals ever to participate in a papal election.Miranda, Salvator. 1998. Consistory of February 26, 1561 (II) He was Archbishop of Conza in 1564, Bishop of Albano in 1583, Bishop of Frascati in 1587, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1589, Bishop of Ostia in 1591, and Archbishop of Naples in 1596. He was a patron of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, the mother church of the Theatine Order.Marcia B. Hall, ''Rome'' (2005), p. 303. The composer Carlo Gesualdo Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa ( – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century ... was his nephew. Episcopa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Barbaro
Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro (also Barbarus) (8 February 1514 – 13 April 1570) was an Italian cleric and diplomat. He was also an architect, writer on architecture, and translator of, and commentator on, Vitruvius. Barbaro's fame is chiefly due to his vast output in the arts, letters, and mathematics. A cultured humanist, he was a friend and admirer of Torquato Tasso, a patron of Andrea Palladio, and a student of Pietro Bembo. Francesco Sansovino considered Daniele to be one of the three best Venetian architects, along with Palladio and Francesco's father Jacopo. Biography He was born in Venice, the son of Francesco di Daniele Barbaro and Elena Pisani, daughter of the banker Alvise Pisani and Cecilia Giustinian. Barbaro studied philosophy, mathematics, and optics at the University of Padua. He has been credited with the design of the university's botanical garden. Barbaro served the Republic of Venice as ambassador to the court of Edward VI in London and as representat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girolamo Di Corregio
Girolamo di Corregio (1511–1572) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop. Biography Girolamo di Corregio was born in Correggio, Emilia-Romagna in 1511, the son of Giberto X, Count of Correggio and his wife Veronica Gambara. His mother was the sister of Cardinal Uberto Gambara. After studying at the University of Bologna, he moved to Rome and entered ecclesiastical life under the tutelage of his uncle Cardinal Uberto Gambara. In 1545, Pope Paul III made him nuncio extraordinary to Francis I of France to express condolences for the death of Francis' son Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans. The next year he was nuncio extraordinary before Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He then entered the court of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. In 1551, he became minister plenipotentiary to Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma. He was later despatched to treat with Philip II of Spain to restore Piacenza to the Duchy of Parma; because of his success, the Duke of Parma gave him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Navagero
Bernardo Navagero (Venice 1507 – 13 April 1565 Verona) was a Venetian ambassador and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Life Venetian patrician, son of Gianluigi Navagero and Lucrezia Agostini, he studied at the University of Padua. He married Istriana Lando, granddaughter of the doge Pietro Lando, but she died young. He was Venetian resident ambassador at the courts of emperor Charles V (1543–46), Suleiman the Magnificent (1550-52) and pope Paul IV (1555–58), and he attended the Council of Ten (1552). On 26 February 1561 he was named cardinal by pope Pius IV, and he was bishop of Verona from 1562 until his death. In 1563 he was ''legatus a latere'' at the council of Trent. He died in Verona on 13 April 1565, leaving his episcopate to his nephew Agostino Valier Agostino Valier (7 April 1531 – 24 May 1606), also Augustinus Valerius or Valerio, was an Italian cardinal and bishop of Verona. He was a reforming bishop, putting into effect the decisions of the Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Pacheco De Toledo
Francisco Pacheco de Toledo (1508 – 23 August 1579) was a Spanish Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal. Life Pacheco was born in Ciudad Rodrigo. He was admitted to the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V and Philip II of Spain. In 1545 he joined his uncle, cardinal Pedro Pacheco de Villena, on a trip to Rome, where the younger man won the admiration of pope Julius III, who made him a canon of Salamanca. He was also a canon at Toledo, Spain, Toledo and inquisitor general of Spain. He was made a cardinal on 26 February 1561 by pope Pius IV and later served as apostolic legate to Milan, before being elected bishop of Burgos in 1567 - during his time in that diocese it was promoted to an archdiocese, in 1574. He was Philip II's ambassador to the Holy See and a member of the Congregation of the Holy Office. He took part in the papal conclave, 1565-1566, 1565-66 and papal conclave, 1572, 1572 papal conclaves. He died in Burgos. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innico D'Avalos D'Aragona
Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona (1535/36–1600) was an Italian Cardinal, from Naples. He was the son of condottiero Alfonso d'Avalos and Maria d'Aragona, from the family of the , Spanish nobility. In 1563, he constructed the Castello d'Avalos on Procida, a small island in the Gulf of Naples. After a period as lay administrator (he was for a while Chancellor of the Kingdom of Naples, he was made bishop of Mileto in 1566, bishop of Sabina in 1586, bishop of Frascati in 1589, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ... in 1591. In Spain, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva. Episcopal succession References External links * 1530s births 1600 deaths Chancellors of Naples 16th-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovico Madruzzo
200px, Portrait of Ludovico Madruzzo by Giovanni Battista Moroni. Art Institute, Chicago.">Chicago.html" ;"title="Giovanni Battista Moroni. Art Institute, Chicago">Giovanni Battista Moroni. Art Institute, Chicago. Ludovico Madruzzo (1532–1600) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal and statesman, the Imperial crown-cardinal and Prince-Bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, Bishopric of Trento (involving the secular rule as well as church duties). Biography Born in Trento, he was the son of baron Niccolò Madruzzo and Helene of Lanberg, and nephew of Cristoforo Madruzzo, Prince-Bishop of Trento. He studied at the universities of Leuven and Paris. In 1550 his uncle Cristoforo, named Governor of Milan, entrusted him the administration of the Bishopric of Trento, where the Council of Trent had been in intermittent progress since 1545; it was to continue until 1563. After numerous important diplomatic and political experiences (including the mourning di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi D'Este
Luigi d'Este (21 December 1538 – 30 December 1586) was an Italian Catholic cardinal, the second son of the five children of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara, and Renée, daughter of Louis XII of France. Biography Luigi, a member of the House of Este, was born in Ferrara. A man of the world whose personal emblem was Prometheus bearing fire in the stalk of fennel, he was made a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Pius IV's consistory of 26 February 1561 and served as Cardinal Protector of the kingdom of France, which made him one of the most powerful and influential members of the College of Cardinals; he kept as his secretary Arnaud d'Ossat, a skillful French diplomat who was eventually made a cardinal himself. He was Bishop of Ferrara (1550) and Apostolic Administrator of Ferrara (1561 – 8 October 1563), deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1577–1583) He participated in the Papal conclave, 1565–1566 but not in the conclave of 1572, as he was absent in Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Perrenot De Granvelle
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 151721 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, was a Bisontin ( Free Imperial City of Besançon) statesman, made a cardinal, who followed his father as a leading minister of the Spanish Habsburgs, and was one of the most influential European politicians during the time which immediately followed the appearance of Protestantism in Europe; "the dominating Imperial statesman of the whole century".Trevor-Roper, Hugh; ''Princes and Artists, Patronage and Ideology at Four Habsburg Courts 1517–1633'', Thames & Hudson, London, 1976, p. 112 He was also a notable art collector, the "greatest private collector of his time, the friend and patron of Titian and Leoni and many other artists". Biography He was born in the Free Imperial City of Besançon, now in France, then a self-governing city surrounded by the Imperial territory of the County of Burgundy ( Franche-Comté). His father, Nicholas Perrenot de Granvelle (1484–1550), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Francesco Ferrero
Pier Francesco Ferrero (1510–1566) was an Italian Roman Catholic abbot, bishop and cardinal. Biography Pier Francesco Ferrero was born in Biella in 1506, the son of Goffredo Ferrero, marquis of Bordolano, and his second wife Margherita Sanseverino, marchioness of Bordolano. He was the nephew of Cardinals Gianstefano Ferrero and Bonifacio Ferrero. His older brother, Filiberto Ferrero, also became a cardinal, as did his nephew, Guido Luca Ferrero. From 1527 to 1550, he was the Abbot of San Stefano, Vercelli. On December 20, 1536, he was elected Bishop of Vercelli. In 1540, he served as vice-legate to Bologna when his uncle Cardinal Bonifacio Ferrero was legate. He served as a delegate to the Council of Trent in 1552. In 1557, he was auditor of Cardinal Carlo Carafa in Brussels. He was nuncio to the Republic of Venice from 1560 to March 1, 1561. Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of February 26, 1561. He received the red hat and the titular churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislaus Hosius
Stanislaus Hosius ( pl, Stanisław Hozjusz; 5 May 1504 – 5 August 1579) was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal. From 1551 he was the Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Warmia in Royal Prussia and from 1558 he served as the papal legate to the Holy Roman Emperor's Imperial Court in Vienna, Austria. From 1566 he was also the papal legate to Poland. He is designated a Servant of God. Early life Hosius was born in Kraków, the son of Ulrich Hosse of Pforzheim. He spent his early youth at Kraków and Wilno, and at the age of fifteen, already well versed in German, Polish and Latin, he entered the University of Kraków from which he graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1520. Piotr Tomicki, Bishop of Kraków and Vice-Chancellor of Poland, employed him as private secretary and entrusted to him the education of his nephews. Tomicki became his patron and underwrote his studies at the University of Padua and the University of Bologna, Italy. At Padua, Reginald Pole was one of his fellow stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
