Giulio della Rovere
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Giulio della Rovere, also known as Giulio Feltrio della Rovere (5 April 1533 – 3 September 1578) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and a member of the della Rovere family.
Della Rovere was the second son of Francesco Maria I della Rovere and Eleonora Gonzaga[1] and the younger brother of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.
Della Rovere was elevated to cardinal in 1548 at the age of 13.[2]
He had two illegitimate sons: Ippolito[3] and Giuliano. Both were later legitimised, as were their children, by Pope Pius V in 1572. Ippolito was made Marchese di San Lorenzo.
Episcopal succession[edit]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of principal consecrator of Giovanni Oliva, Archbishop of Chieti (1568); and Alessandro Mazza, Bishop of Fossombrone (1569).[4]
References and notes[edit]
- ^ Ian Verstegen, Patronage and dynasty: the rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy (Truman State University Press, 2007) [page needed]
- ^ George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy: The Families And Descendants Of The Popes (McFarland, 2004), [page needed].
- ^ Ippolito's daughter Lucrezia della Rovere married Marcantonio Lante (1566 - 1643) and had issue including Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere.
- ^ David M. Cheney. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. "Giulio Cardinal della Rovere". Retrieved August 28, 2017.[self-published source]
Sources[edit]
- Dennistoun, James (1851). Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino. Vol. III. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1851, pp. 76-77.
- Sanfilippo, Matteo (1989). "Della Rovere, Giulio Feltrio." (in Italian). In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 37 (1989).
- Ligi, B. (1953). I vescovi e arcivescovi di Urbino. (in Italian). Urbino 1953, pp. 145-52.
- Miranda, Salvador. "DELLA ROVERE, Giulio (1533-1578)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. [self-published source]
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