Ludovico de Torres (Cardinal)

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Ludovico De Torres (kneeling) on ​​the altarpiece in the Cappella Castrense in Monreale Cathedral; Painting by Pietro Antonio Novelli .

Ludovico II. De Torres (born October 28, 1551 in Rome , † July 8, 1609 there ) was an Italian cardinal and Catholic archbishop .

biography

Coat of arms and memorial inscription of Cardinal de Torres in the Basilica of San Pancrazio in Rome.

Ludovico was born on October 28, 1551 in Rome to Hernando and Pentesilea Sanguigna. Originally from Málaga , Spain , the family settled in Rome in the first half of the 16th century.

He studied law at the Universities of Perugia and Bologna and received his doctorate in utroque iure .

From 1588 until his death he was Archbishop of Monreale . On September 11, 1606, Pope Paul V raised him to the rank of cardinal in the consistory and he received the titular church of San Pancrazio as cardinal priest . In 1607 he was appointed cardinal protector of the Congregazione dei chierici regolari delle Scuole Pie ( Piarists ) founded by Giuseppe Calasanzio . On July 4th of the same year, he succeeded Cardinal Cesare Baronio as librarian of the Vatican Library .

As a cardinal, he and his sister Beatrice , who was a nun there, had the church rebuilt in the Benedictine monastery of Sant'Ambrogio della Massima .

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SURNAME De Torres, Ludovico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giovanni Luigi Lello (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal and archbishop
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1551
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1609
Place of death Rome