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Pope Julius III (r. 1550–1555) created twenty new cardinals in four consistories:

30 May 1550

# Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte, adopted nephew of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of S. Onofrio (received the title on 1 September 1550), then cardinal-deacon of S. Callisto (4 May 1562), cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Portico (17 November 1564), cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (3 December 1568), † 3 November 1577

12 October 1550

# George Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E., bishop of Nagy Várad – cardinal-priest without the title, † 17 December 1550

20 November 1551

Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte (1484–1564) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Cristoforo Guidalotti Ciocchi del Monte was born in Arezzo in 1484, the son of Cecco di Cristofano Guidalotti, a patrician of Pe ...

, relative of the Pope, bishop of Marseille – cardinal-priest of S. Prassede (received the title on 4 December 1551), † 27 October 1564 #

Fulvio Giulio della Corgna Fulvio Giulio della Corgna (also Della Cornia, Della Corgnia) (19 November 1517 – 2 March 1583) was a Tuscan Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Fulvio Giulio della Corgna was born in Perugia on 19 November 1517, the son of Francia della ...

, O.S.Io.Hieros., bishop of Perugia – cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Via (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of S. Bartolomeo (29 May 1555), cardinal-priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (20 September 1557), cardinal-priest of S. Agata alla Suburra (18 May 1562), cardinal-priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria (7 February 1565), cardinal-priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (30 January 1566), cardinal-priest of S. Adriano (3 March 1567), cardinal-bishop of Albano (5 May 1574), cardinal-bishop of Porto e S. Rufina (5 December 1580), † 4 March 1583 #

Giovanni Michele Saraceni Giovanni Michele Saraceni (1 December 1498 – 27 April 1568) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Saraceni was born in Naples and was a relative of Cardinal Fabio Mignatelli. He was the archbishop of Acerenza and Matera fr ...

, archbishop of Matera – cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Aracoeli (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of S. Anastasia (24 March 1557), cardinal-priest of S. Agata in Suburra (7 February 1565), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (7 November 1565), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (7 October 1566), † 27 April 1568 #

Giovanni Ricci Giovanni Ricci may refer to: * Giovanni Ricci (American football) * Giovanni Ricci (bishop) (1498–1574), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal * Giovanni Ricci (politician) (1814-1892), Italian government minister * Giovanni Ricci (mathemat ...

, bishop of Chiusi – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria (30 January 1566), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (7 October 1566), cardinal-bishop of Albano (3 July 1570), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (8 April 1573), † 3 May 1574 #

Giovanni Andrea Mercurio Giovanni Andrea Mercurio (1518–1561) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Giovanni Andrea Mercurio was born to a poor family in Messina in 1518. As a young man, he worked for the notary for the Archdiocese of Mess ...

, archbishop of Messina – cardinal-priest of S. Barbara (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of S. Ciriaco (18 August 1553), cardinal-priest of S. Marcello (19 January 1560) † 2 February 1561 #

Giacomo Puteo Giacomo Puteo (1495–1563) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Giacomo Puteo was born in Majorca on 13 February 1495, the son of noble Antoni del Pozzo (from Nice, native of Alessandria, Piedmont) and Praxedis Berard ...

, archbishop of Bari – cardinal-priest of S. Simeone (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Via (29 May 1555), † 26 April 1563 #

Alessandro Campeggio Alessandro Campeggio (12 April 1504 – 21 September 1554) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Alessandro Campeggio was born in Bologna on 12 April 1504, the son of Lorenzo Campeggio and Francesca Guastavillani. His fat ...

, bishop of Bologna – cardinal-priest of S. Lucia in Silice (received the title on 4 December 1551), † 21 September 1554 #

Pietro Bertani Pietro Bertani (1501–1558) was an Italians, Italian Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. Biography Pietro Bertani was born in Nonantola on November 1, 1501, the son of Francesc ...

, O.P., bishop of Fano – cardinal-priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro (received the title on 4 December 1551), † 8 March 1558 #

Fabio Mignanelli Fabio Mignanelli (died 10 August 1557) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Fabio Mignanelli was born in Siena ca. 1486, the son of Pietro Paolo Mignanelli and Onorata Saraceni. He attended the University of Siena, becomi ...

, bishop of Grosseto – cardinal-priest of S. Silvestro in Capite (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of SS. Giovanni e Paolo (12 June 1556), † 10 August 1557 #

Giovanni Poggio Giovanni Poggio (also written Poggi) (21 January 1493 – 12 February 1556) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. He is mainly known for the elaborate decorations he arranged for his residence, the Palazzo Poggi. Early years Poggi ...

, bishop of Tropea – cardinal-priest of S. Anastasia (received the title on 23 March 1552), † 12 February 1556 #

Giovanni Battista Cicala Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Cicala (1510–1570) was an Italians, Italian Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. Biography Giovanni Battista Cicala was born in Genoa on 6 ...

, bishop of Albenga – cardinal-priest of S. Clemente (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of S. Agata in Suburra (7 November 1565), cardinal-bishop of Sabina (30 April 1568), † 7 April 1570 # Girolamo Dandini, bishop of Imoli – cardinal-priest of S. Matteo in Merulana (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of S. Marcello (25 October 1555), † 4 December 1559 #

Luigi Cornaro Alvise Cornaro, often Italianised Luigi (1484, 1467 or 1464 gives a birth date of 1467 – 8 May 1566), was a Venetian nobleman and patron of arts, also remembered for his four books of ''Discorsi'' (published 1583–95) about the secrets to ...

, O.S.Io.Hieros. – cardinal-deacon of S. Teodoro (received the title on 4 December 1551), then cardinal-priest of S. Teodoro (26 February 1561), cardinal-priest of S. Marco (21 June 1564), cardinal-priest of S. Vitale (2 June 1568), cardinal-priest of S. Clemente (9 February 1569), cardinal-priest of S. Marco (9 June 1570), † 10 May 1584 #

Sebastiano Antonio Pighini Sebastiano Antonio Pighini (17 September 1500 – 23 November 1553) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Sebastiano Antonio Pighini was born in Arceto, near Scandiano, on 17 September 1500, the son of Grazio Pighini an ...

, archbishop of Manfredonia (created

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, published on 30 May 1552) – cardinal-priest of S. Callisto (received the title on 27 June 1552) † 23 November 1553

23 December 1553

Pietro Tagliavia d'Aragonia Pietro Tagliavia d'Aragonia (died 1558) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Pietro Tagliavia d'Aragonia was born in Palermo ca. 1500, the son of Giovanni Vincenzo Tagliavia, count of Castelvecchio and Beatrice d'Aragoni ...

, archbishop of Palermo – cardinal-priest of S. Callisto (received the title on 17 July 1555). † 5 August 1558 #

Louis I de Guise Louis de Lorraine, cardinal de Guise et prince-évêque de Metz (21 October 1527, in Joinville, Champagne – 29 March 1578, in Paris) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and Bishop during the Italian Wars and French Wars of Religion. The third s ...

, bishop of Alby – cardinal-deacon of S. Tommaso in Parione (received the title on 17 July 1555), then cardinal-priest of S. Tommaso in Parione (24 March 1568), † 28 March 1578 #

Roberto de' Nobili Roberto de Nobili (1577 – 16 January 1656) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to Southern India. He used a novel method of adaptation ( accommodatio) to preach Christianity, adopting many local customs of India which were, in his view, not con ...

, relative of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (received the title on 6 February 1555), † 18 January 1559 # Girolamo Simoncelli, relative of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of SS. Cosma e Damiano (received the title on 5 December 1554), then cardinal-priest of SS. Cosma e Damiano (ca. 1575?), cardinal-priest of S. Prisca (15 January 1588), cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (30 March 1598), cardinal-bishop of Albano (21 February 1600), cardinal-bishop of Frascati (24 April 1600), cardinal-bishop of Porto e S. Rufina (16 June 1603), † 22 February 1605

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*{{cite web, authorlink=Salvador Miranda (historian) , last=Miranda , first=Salvador , title=Consistories for the creation of Cardinals, 16th Century (1503-1605): Julius III (1550-1555), url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/consistories-xvi.htm#JuliusIII, work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church , accessdate=, publisher= Florida International University, oclc=53276621 *Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica'', Vol. III, Münster 1923

Julius III Pope Julius III ( la, Iulius PP. III; it, Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death in March 155 ...

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