Marcantonio Bobba (also in
French
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''Marc-Antoine Bobba'') (died 1575) was an
Italian
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Roman Catholic
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Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of
Aosta
Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...
, Italy and
cardinal
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.
Biography
Marcantonio Bobba was born in
Casale Monferrato
Casale Monferrato () is a town in the Piedmont region of Italy, in the province of Alessandria. It is situated about east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrat hills. Beyond the river lies the v ...
, the son of
Palatine
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Alberto Bobba.
His family was related to the ''
signori'' of
Rosignano Monferrato
Rosignano Monferrato is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northwest of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,659 and an area o ...
.
He was educated at the
University of Turin
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, becoming a
doctor of both laws
A doctor of both laws, from the Latin ''doctor utriusque juris'', or ''juris utriusque doctor'', or ''doctor juris utriusque'' ("doctor of both laws") (abbreviations include: JUD, IUD, DUJ, JUDr., DUI, DJU, Dr.iur.utr., Dr.jur.utr., DIU, UJD a ...
.
There, he gained the favor of
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
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, who made him a senator of
Turin
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.
He was
ordained
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as a
priest
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around 1556.
On 14 June 1557 he was elected to be
Bishop of Aosta
french: Diocèse d'Aoste
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.
He was
consecrated
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as a bishop in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
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by Cardinal
Giovanni Angelo de' Medici
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.
The Duke of Savoy named him
ambassador
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of the
Duchy of Savoy
The Duchy of Savoy ( it, Ducato di Savoia; french: Duché de Savoie) was a country in Western Europe that existed from 1416.
It was created when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, raised the County of Savoy into a duchy for Amadeus VIII. The duc ...
to the
Holy See
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in 1559.
He arrived at the
Council of Trent
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on 17 January 1563, participating in the Council until its close.
He was also the Duchy of Savoy's ambassador to the Council.
From 21 June 1563 he was a member of the Council's commission on canons and marriage.
Pope Pius IV
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made him a
cardinal priest
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in the
consistory
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of 12 March 1565.
He participated in the
papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected
Pope Pius V
Pope Pius V ( it, Pio V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P.), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1566 to his death in May 1572. He is v ...
.
He received the
red hat
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Red Hat has become ass ...
and the
titular church
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of
San Silvestro in Capite
The Basilica of Saint Sylvester the First, also known as ( it, San Silvestro in Capite, la, Sancti Silvestri in Capite), is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and titular church in Rome dedicated to Pope Sylvester I (d. AD 335). It is located on th ...
on 8 February 1566.
Together with Cardinals
Giovanni Ricci,
Giovanni Francesco Commendone
Giovanni Francesco Commendone (17 March 1523 – 26 December 1584) was an Italian cardinal and papal nuncio.
Life
Commendone was born at Venice. After an education in the humanities and in jurisprudence at the University of Padua, he came ...
, and
Alessandro Sforza
Alessandro Sforza (21 October 1409 – 3 April 1473) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforza family.
Biography
He was born in Cotignola in 1409, an illegitimate son of the famous condotti ...
, was named by Pope Pius V inspector of rivers, ports and public roads of Rome.
He was a participant in the
papal conclave of 1572 that elected
Pope Gregory XIII
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.
On 2 June 1572 he opted for the titular church of
San Marcello al Corso
San Marcello al Corso, a church in Rome, Italy, is a titular church whose cardinal-protector normally holds the (intermediary) rank of cardinal-priest.
The church, dedicated to Pope Marcellus I (d. AD 309), is located just inset from Via del ...
.
He was a good friend of Cardinal
Charles Borromeo
Charles Borromeo ( it, Carlo Borromeo; la, Carolus Borromeus; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was the Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584 and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation combat a ...
.
He died in Rome on 18 March 1575. He was buried in
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
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.
Episcopal succession
See also
*
Catholic Church in Italy
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References
Bibliography
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1575 deaths
16th-century Italian cardinals
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16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
People from Casale Monferrato