Giovanni Battista Ferrari

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Giovanni Battista Ferrari (* 1450 in Modena , † July 20, 1502 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He came from an impoverished family and was the son of Giovanni Ferrari and his wife Verde Alberghetti. He received his first education in Modena, later he obtained a doctorate in law in Padua .

Ferrari entered the clergy at a young age. In Rome he became the protégé of Cardinal Rodrigo de Borja , who later became Pope Alexander VI. The cardinal procured him a benefit at the Cathedral of Modena and membership in the cathedral chapter there . It was also Cardinal Borja who worked for Ferrari at Pope Calixt III. obtained admission to the Roman Curia . Ferrari became one of the twelve Abbreviators of the Apostolic Letters in 1471 . For a short time he was secretary to King John II of Aragon . In 1495 Ferrari was elected Pope Alexander VI. Appointed to the Papal Chancellery .

On September 11, 1495 Giovanni Battista Ferrari was appointed Bishop of Modena , but because of his obligations at the Roman Curia he had the diocese run by vicars general . He was papal datar from 1496 until his elevation to the cardinal rank , then pro-datar until his death. He was also the head of the Papal Chancellery.

Pope Alexander VI created him in the consistory of September 28, 1500 as cardinal priest , he received the cardinal's hat on October 2 and on October 5 of the same year he was awarded the title church of San Crisogono . On August 9, 1501 he was made Archbishop of Capua .

On July 6, 1502, he was the victim of a poison attack by his valet Sebastiano Pinzoni , who was later executed under Pope Leo X. The following day his condition worsened and he received the sacraments . Thirteen days later, on July 20, 1502, Giovanni Battista Ferrari died in the Vatican Palace . He was buried in Modena Cathedral. Most of his vast fortune fell into the hands of Alexander VI.

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SURNAME Ferrari, Giovanni Battista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferrariis, Johannes Baptista de; Ferrari, Giambattista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian bishop and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH 1450
PLACE OF BIRTH Modena
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1502
Place of death Rome