Ottavio Acquaviva D'Aragona (iuniore)
Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona may refer to: * Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (1560–1612), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (1609–1674), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal {{Disambiguation ...
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Ottavio Acquaviva D'Aragona (1560–1612)
Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona, seniore (1560–1612) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop. Biography He was born in Naples in 1560 to Duke Giovan Girolamo and Margherita Pio. He was a brother of Cardinal Giulio Acquaviva d'Aragona and Blessed Rodolfo Acquaviva, who was martyred in 1583 in the East Indies. Ottavio studied law at the University of Perugia, from which he received a doctorate in 1582. He studied "belle lettere" and Greek at the University of Perugia and obtained a degree in utroque iure. Then he went to Rome and entered the Curia, initially as a referendum of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signatura. Between 1590 and 1591 he was majordomo for Pope Gregory XIV. Pope Gregory XIV raised him to the rank of cardinal of the Catholic Church in the consistory of 6 March 1591 and on 5 April of the same year he received the deaconage of St. George in Velabro. From 1593 to 1601 he was a legate of Avignon, but in 1597 returned to Rome. On 22 April 1602 he ...
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