Agustín de Spínola Basadone (Genoa, 1597 – Seville, 1649) was a Spanish cardinal and statesman in the service of
Philip IV. He was the son of
Ambrogio Spinola
Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases and 1st Duke of Sesto (1569 – 25 September 1630) was an Italian military leader and nobleman of the Republic of Genoa, who served as a Spanish general and won a number of important battles. ...
, one of the greatest military commanders of his time.
Career
Agustín pursued a career within the church. He was
Protonotary apostolic until 1621, when he was made a Cardinal by
Pope Paul V
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. He was
Bishop of Tortosa
The bishop of Tortosa is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tortosa in Catalonia, Spain. in 1623,
Archbishop of Granada
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in 1626 and
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
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in 1632 and 1633. In 1637 Spinola was called to the Spanish Court as a councillor. In 1643, he was captain-general of
Galicia for 3 months. In 1645 he became
Archbishop of Seville
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. He served until his death in 1649.
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Cardinal Spinola did not participate in any of the Papal conclaves of his time (1621-1644).
References
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1597 births
1649 deaths
17th-century Genoese people
17th-century Spanish cardinals
17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Spain
Roman Catholic archbishops of Seville
University of Salamanca alumni
Archbishops of Granada
Archbishops of Santiago de Compostela
Spinola family
Clergy from Genoa
Italian emigrants to Spain