Alessandro Riario
Alessandro Riario (born December 3, 1543 in Bologna , † July 18, 1585 in Rome ), also Alessandro Riàrio Sfòrza , was a cardinal of the Roman Church . He was a member of the Roman Curia .
Life
Alessandro Riario came from the noble Riario family who, due to their kinship with the Della Rovere, had made it from small beginnings to the papal nephew family , several bishops and hereditary dukes as well as honorary patricians of Venice and Bologna. He was the son of Count Giulio Riario and his wife Isabella Pepoli. The cardinals Pietro Riario (raised in 1471), Raffaele Sansoni Riario (1477), Tommaso Riario Sforza (1823) and Sisto Riario Sforza (1846) also come from his house .
He studied at the University of Padua and at the University of Bologna, where he obtained the degree of Doctor iuris utriusque on May 11, 1563 . After that he was, among other things, house prelate under Pope Pius IV.
Riario was named Latin Patriarch of Alexandria on November 8, 1570 . He was ordained bishop on August 24, 1572 by Cardinal Benedetto Lomellini ; Co- consecrators were Antonio Elio , Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem , and Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi , Bishop of Savona .
On February 21, 1578 he was by Pope Gregory XIII. , with whom he was related by marriage, was appointed cardinal priest and received the titular church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli on March 3rd of the same year .
In 1580 he was the papal legate at the Spanish court in the negotiations on the personal union with Portugal . He took part in the 1585 conclave , from which Sixtus V emerged as pope.
He died in July 1585 and was first buried in front of the main altar of the Basilica of Santi XII Apostoli in Rome. His remains were later interred in the Church of San Giacomo in Bologna.
Web links
- Alessandro Riario. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 31, 2016.
- Entry on Alessandro Riario on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 31, 2016.
- Riàrio Sfòrza, Alessandro. In: Enciclopedie on line. Treccani, accessed January 31, 2016 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riario, Alessandro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riàrio Sfòrza, Alessandro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1543 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1585 |
| Place of death | Rome |