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 |
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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 | |
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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 |