Fra' Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (13 April 1531 – 4 May 1595) was the 51st Grand Master of the

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, between 1582 and 1595.

History

He is mainly remembered for the reconstruction of the hunting lodge at Boschetto which was renamed

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in his honour. He is buried in a sarcophagus in the Crypt of the Co-Cathedral of St. John in

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. He was made

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of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae by Pope

Sixtus V Pope Sixtus V ( it, Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order ...

in the

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of December 18, 1587.

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Coins of Grandmaster Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle
Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller Knights of Malta 1531 births 1595 deaths 16th-century French cardinals Burials at Saint John's Co-Cathedral {{Malta-bio-stub