Agostino Trivulzio
Agostino Trivulzio (* around 1485 in Milan , † March 30, 1548 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Life
Origin and early years
Born as the youngest of the eight children of Giovanni Trivulzio and his wife Anna Martinengo, he was a nephew of Cardinal Antonio Trivulzio seniore . His uncles Giangiacomo and Teodoro Trivulzio were Marshals of France . Other cardinals from the Trivulzio family were Scaramuccia Trivulzio , Antonio Trivulzio iuniore and Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio .
In his youth he had an illegitimate daughter named Sestilia.
Church career
He became Commendatabbot in Fromont and later Apostolic Protonotary . Pope Julius II appointed him papal chamberlain .
Pope Leo X elevated him to cardinal deacon in the consistory of July 1, 1517 , and Agostino Trivulzio received the red hat and Sant'Adriano as titular deaconry on July 6 of the same year. Although he was never ordained a bishop , he was Apostolic Administrator of Reggio Calabria, Italy (1520), of Alessano, Italy (1521–1526), of Bobbio, Italy (1522–1524), of Toulon, France (1524–1535) , from Le Puy-en-Velay, France (1525), from Avranches, France (1526), from Asti, Italy (1528–1529), from Bayeux, France (1531–1548), again from Asti (1536–1548) , from Brugnato, Italy (1539–1548) and finally from Périgueux, France (1541–1548). Since 1520 he was also archpriest of the Vatican basilica . This made him one of the greatest " beneficiaries " of his time.
Act
In 1527 he led a military action by the papal army against the Colonna . After the Sacco di Roma in 1527, Agostino Trivulzio was arrested by imperial troops because of his close ties with France, imprisoned at Castel Nuovo in Naples and imprisoned for 18 months. On November 24, 1536 he became a legate in France. He was present at the coronation of Eleanor of Castile , the sister of Emperor Charles V and second wife of King Francis I of France . In 1537 he moved briefly to titeldiakonie Sant'Eustachio , but took possession of Sant'Adriano again only about three weeks later .
death
Agostino Trivulzio died on March 30, 1548, around 10 p.m., in the former palace of Cardinal Fieschi in the Parione in Rome. At his funeral in the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo , his close friends, Cardinals Pietro Bembo and Jacopo Sadoleto , gave the funeral address.
Since the Pope had not given him permission to write a will , his inheritance fell to the Papal States .
Works
After lengthy and detailed research, Agostino Trivulzio began to write a history of the cardinals and popes , but his death prevented the work from being completed.
Web links
- Trivulzio, Agostino. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 24, 2017.
- Entry on Agostino Trivulzio on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 24, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trivulzio, Agostino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bohier Trivulzio, Agostino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1485 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1548 |
| Place of death | Rome |