Biography
Girolamo Doria (family), Doria was born in Genoa in 1495, the son of Andrea Doria. Early in his life, he married Luisa Spinola family, Spinola and had several children. He entered the ecclesiastical state after his wife died, becoming a cleric in Genoa. Pope Clement VII made him a cardinal deacon in the Papal consistory, consistory of January 1529. He received the Galero, red hat and the Titular church#Cardinal-deaconries, deaconry of San Tommaso in Parione on 15 November 1529. In 1530, he attended the Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor, coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor by the pope in Bologna. He was the administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne, see of Elne from 12 January 1530 until 2 October 1532; administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Huesca, see of Huesca y Jaca from 2 October 1532 until 8 May 1533; administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona, see of Tarragona from 8 May 1533; and administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli, see of Noli from 13 April 1534 until 25 February 1549. He participated in the Papal conclave, 1534, papal conclave of 1534 that elected Pope Paul III. From 15 November 1536 until 28 June 1538 he was administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajaccio, see of Nebbio. He participated in the Papal conclave, 1549–1550, papal conclave of 1549-50 that elected Pope Julius III; the Papal conclave, April 1555, papal conclave of April 1555 that elected Pope Marcellus II; and the Papal conclave, May 1555, papal conclave of May 1555 that elected Pope Paul IV. On 29 May 1555 he opted for the title of Santa Maria in Campitelli. He died in Genoa on 25 March 1558. He is buried in the Augustinians, Augustinian church of Santa Maria della Cella.See also
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