Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona (1535/36–1600) was an Italian

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. He was the son of

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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

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. After a period as lay administrator (he was for a while Chancellor of the

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, he was made

bishop of Mileto The Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Calabria, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historical Diocese of Mileto was united with the Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea. The diocese is a suff ...

in 1566, bishop of Sabina in 1586, bishop of Frascati in 1589, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1591. In Spain, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva.

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* 1530s births 1600 deaths Chancellors of Naples 16th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Frascati Cardinal-bishops of Porto Cardinal-bishops of Sabina 16th-century Neapolitan people Innico 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub