Gianfrancesco Gambara

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Gianfrancesco Gambara

Giovanni Francesco Gambara , also called Gianfrancesco Gambara (born January 16, 1533 in Brescia , † May 5, 1587 in Rome ), was an Italian clergyman.

Life

He came from the Lombard aristocracy from the Brescia area. His mother was first married to Ranuccio Farnese, a son of Pope Paul III. , been married, his father was Brunoro Gambara. After his death, his mother married Gilberto Borromeo, so that Karl Borromeo became Gianfrancesco's step-brother. His uncle Cardinal Uberto Gambara took care of his upbringing . He studied secular and ecclesiastical law in Bologna and Padua and was awarded a Dr. iur. utr. ( Doctor of Both Rights ) PhD . The Farnese patronized his ecclesiastical career. First he worked in Spain at the court of Emperor Charles V , from 1550 at the Roman Curia as papal secretary under Pope Julius III. and Pope Paul IV.

Pope Pius IV elevated him to cardinal deacon in the consistory of February 26, 1561 . On March 10 of the same year, the Pope awarded him the cardinal's hat and the titular diaconia Santi Marcellino e Pietro . In 1562 and 1563 he took part in the Council of Trent . Under Pius V he was appointed Bishop of Viterbo in 1566 . The episcopal consecration was donated to him personally on October 13, 1566 in the Sistine Chapel by the Pope , co-consecrators were the Cardinals Giacomo Savelli and Niccolò Gaetano Sermoneta . Cardinal Gambara founded a hospice in Viterbo and had the facade of Viterbo Cathedral restored, on which he was immortalized by an inscription. He was a representative of the Catholic Counter-Reformation , a member of the Inquisition Commission and carried out trials that ended with the death penalty. Under Pope Gregory XIII. Inquisitor General, he played a major role in the censorship of books. The new building of the Palace of the Inquisition in Rome from 1569 is adorned with Gambara's coat of arms, the cancer ( Gambero in Italian ). His most important building is the Villa Lante . In 1576 he renounced the diocese of Viterbo, but remained in possession of the Villa Lante. In 1585 he was instrumental in the election of Pope Sixtus V.

Gianfrancesco Gambara died in 1587 and was buried without a tombstone under the altar of the pilgrimage church of Madonna della Quercia near Viterbo.

  • Gianfrancesco Gambara's coat of arms

  • Facade of Viterbo Cathedral with the inscription IOhannes FRANCiscus CARdinalis DE GAMBARA EPiscopus VITERbiensis

  • Cancer (Italian Gambero ) at the fountain in the park of Villa Lante

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SURNAME Gambara, Gianfrancesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gàmbara, Giovanni Francesco (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1533
PLACE OF BIRTH Brescia
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1587
Place of death Rome