Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona (1535/36–1600) was an Italian

Cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...

, from

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. He was the son of

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Alfonso d'Avalos Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, 6th Marquis of Pescara, 2nd Marquis of Vasto (1502 – 31 March 1546), was an Italian ''condottiero'' of Aragonese origins, renowned for his service in favour of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. Biogr ...

and Maria d'Aragona, from the family of the , Spanish nobility. In 1563, he constructed the Castello d'Avalos on

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, a small island in the

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. After a period as lay administrator (he was for a while Chancellor of the

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, he was made

bishop of Mileto The Diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historical Diocese of Mileto was united with the Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea. The diocese is a suffra ...

in 1566,

bishop of Sabina A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

in 1586,

bishop of Frascati The Diocese of Frascati (Lat.: ''Tusculana'') is a Latin suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, based at Frascati, near Rome. The bishop of Frascati is a Cardinal Bishop; from the Latin name of th ...

in 1589,

bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...

in 1591. In Spain, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva.

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* 1530s births 1600 deaths Chancellors of Naples 16th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Frascati Cardinal-bishops of Porto Cardinal-bishops of Sabina 16th-century Neapolitan people Innico 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub