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Antonio Gentile Pallavicini ( Genoa, 1441 – 1507) was an Italian
Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pallavicini Gentili 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
Antonio Gentile Pallavicini ( Genoa, 1441 – 1507) was an Italian Cardinal
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. He was considered papabile
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in 1492. Bishop of Frascati from April until December 1503; later bishop of Palestrina
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The current bishop of Palestrina is Domenico Sigalini, who from 3 Novemb ...
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He was bishop of Ventimiglia from 1484; then bishop of Ourense
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in Spain from 1486. From 1484 to 1489 he was Papal Datary
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in the Roman Curia, and therefore did not reside in Ventimiglia. In 1493, the pope Alexander VI appointed him bishop of Pamplona, taking over from Cesare Borgia
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, against the will of the monarchs of Navarre
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, and finding instead the veiled support of Ferdinand II of Aragon
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There is a well-known portrait by Titian. He was buried in the Old St. Peter's Basilica but his tomb was transferred to the Montemirabile Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo in 1596.
Antonio's nephew was the cardinal Giovanni Battista Pallavicino (1480–1524).
See also
* Pallavicini * Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, cardinal of the 17th centuryNotes
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pallavicini Gentili 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