Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. (1540 – 5 August 1611) was an Italian Cardinal of the

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Bernerio was born in Corregio. He served as

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of Ascoli Piceno from 1586 until his resignation in 1605. He was elevated to Cardinal on 16 November 1586 and installed as the

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of S. Tommaso in Parione the following year. He subsequently became the Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1589), the Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1602), the

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of Albano (1603) and the Cardinal-Bishop of

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(1607)."Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio"
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with Giulio Masetti, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, and Ottavio Paravicini, Bishop of Alessandria, serving as co-consecrators."Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 30, 2016 Through his own consecration of Galeazzo Sanvitale, Cardinal Bernerio is in the episcopal lineage of

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, and most modern bishops.

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