Antonio Gentile Pallavicini (
Genoa
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, 1441 – 1507) was an Italian
Cardinal. He was considered
papabile in 1492.
Bishop of Frascati
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from April until December 1503; later
bishop of Palestrina.
He was
bishop of Ventimiglia from 1484; then
bishop of Ourense in Spain from 1486. From 1484 to 1489 he was Papal
Datary in the
Roman Curia, and therefore did not reside in Ventimiglia. In 1493,
the pope Alexander VI appointed him bishop of
Pamplona
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Lying at near above ...
, taking over from
Cesare Borgia, against the will of the monarchs of
Navarre, and finding instead the veiled support of
Ferdinand II of Aragon.
There is a well-known portrait by
Titian
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. He was buried in the
Old St. Peter's Basilica
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but his tomb was transferred to the
Montemirabile Chapel in
Santa Maria del Popolo it, Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo
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in 1596.
Antonio's nephew was the cardinal
Giovanni Battista Pallavicino (1480–1524).
See also
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Pallavicini
The House of Pallavicini, also known as Pallavicino and formerly known as Pelavicino, is an ancient Italian noble family founded by Oberto II ''Pelavicino'' of the Frankish Obertenghi family.
The Pallavicini of Genoa
The first recorded member o ...
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Francesco Sforza Pallavicino
Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino (or ''Pallavicini'') (28 November 1607, Rome – 4 June 1667, Rome), was an Italian cardinal, philosopher, theologian, literary theorist, and church historian.
A professor of philosophy and theology at the Rom ...
, cardinal of the 17th century
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1441 births
1507 deaths
16th-century Italian cardinals
Cardinal-bishops of Frascati
Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina
Bishops of Ourense
15th-century Italian cardinals
15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops