Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni

Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (* 1519 in Milan , † March 18, 1591 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal .

Life

Origin and early years

His parents were Giampiero Serbelloni and Elisabetta Rainoldi , who came from a noble Milanese house. He was the youngest son, his brothers were the General Fabricius , the Grand Prior of Hungary Gabriel , and the Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio , Giovanni . Cousins were the Cardinals Carlo Borromeo and Mark Sittich von Hohenems .

Church career

He turned to the spiritual career and became on May 7th 1557 as the successor of his uncle Giovanni Angelo Medici , who however reserved part of the income, Bishop of Foligno . After his uncle was elected Pope as Pius IV in December 1559 , the latter appointed him cardinal deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro in his first consistory on January 31, 1560 - Carlo Borromeo and Giovanni de 'Medici were also appointed to the same consistory - and Serbelloni became bishop of Novara a few weeks after the cardinal's uprising , who had become vacant due to the resignation of Cardinal Giovanni Morone . In 1565 he moved to Santa Maria degli Angeli , in 1570 he was first cardinal priest of San Pietro in Vincoli , then of San Clemente , and finally moved to Sant'Angelo in Pescheria . In 1577 Santa Maria in Trastevere was the last stop before the appointment as Cardinal Bishop of the Sabina . Antonio became governor of various cities in the Papal States , then he became a legate in Perugia , and later in Romagna . He worked for a total of four popes: Pius IV , Pius V , Gregory XIII. and Sixtus V.

Death and burial

Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni died in Rome in 1591 and was buried in the local church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri .

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Serbelloni, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1877, p. 137 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Serbelloni, Giovanni Antonio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed February 2, 2017.
Entry on Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on February 2, 2017.
Tomb in the Requiem project

Remarks

↑ 1561 as successor of Mark Sittich von Hohenems up to Giovanni's resignation in 1579: Konrad Eubel : Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi , vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens , Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg , Münster 1923, p. 156.
↑ Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens. Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg, Münster 1923, p. 199; after the cardinal's uprising, Serbelloni initially remained administrator of Foligno.
↑ Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens. Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg, Münster 1923, p. 37 with the cardinal career. Since Serbelloni was already a bishop, he was given the title diakonia as cardinal priest ( tamquam presbytero ), cf. Eubel p. 73.
↑ Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens. Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg, Münster 1923, pp. 260–261. In 1574 Serbelloni resigned while retaining part of the income.
↑ Sant'Angelo was actually a diaconal church, but at that time it was also awarded pro hac vice to a cardinal priest as the title church : Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens. Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg, Münster 1923, p. 72.

predecessor	Office	successor
Alessandro Farnese	Dean of the College of Cardinals 1589–1591	Alfonso Gesualdo
Alessandro Farnese	Cardinal Bishop of Ostia 1589–1591	Alfonso Gesualdo
Giacomo Savelli	Cardinal Bishop of Porto 1587–1589	Alfonso Gesualdo
Giacomo Savelli	Cardinal Bishop of Frascati 1583–1587	Alfonso Gesualdo
Giulio della Rovere	Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina 1578–1583	Giovanni Francesco Gambara
Giacomo Savelli	Cardinal Bishop of Sabina 1578	Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
Giovanni Gerolamo Morone	Bishop of Novara 1560–1574	Romolo Archinto
Giovanni Angelo Medici	Bishop of Foligno 1557–1560	Clemente d'Olera

personal data
SURNAME	Serbelloni, Giovanni Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Serbelloni, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cardinal bishop and church politician, council legislature and president
DATE OF BIRTH	1519
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	March 18, 1591
Place of death	Rome

[1] 1561 as successor of Mark Sittich von Hohenems up to Giovanni's resignation in 1579: Konrad Eubel : Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi , vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens , Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg , Münster 1923, p. 156.

[2] Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens. Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg, Münster 1923, p. 199; after the cardinal's uprising, Serbelloni initially remained administrator of Foligno.

[3] Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens. Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg, Münster 1923, p. 37 with the cardinal career. Since Serbelloni was already a bishop, he was given the title diakonia as cardinal priest ( tamquam presbytero ), cf. Eubel p. 73.

[4] Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens. Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg, Münster 1923, pp. 260–261. In 1574 Serbelloni resigned while retaining part of the income.

[5] Sant'Angelo was actually a diaconal church, but at that time it was also awarded pro hac vice to a cardinal priest as the title church : Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III: Saeculum XVI from 1503 complectens. Editio altera quam curavit Ludovicus Schmitz-Kallenberg, Münster 1923, p. 72.