Tolomeo Gallio

Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio

Tolomeo Gallio (born September 25, 1527 in Cernobbio near Como , † February 3, 1607 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church and in 1595 acquired the county of Alvito , which he transferred to his nephew Tolomeo.

Life

He received his training in Como from Benedetto Giovio , especially in Latin based on Cicero's example . In 1544 he was sent by Benedetto to his brother Paolo Giovio in Rome, who hired Tolomeo as a copyist. Gallio stayed in this position until Giovio left Rome in 1549. Gallio began his spiritual work in the service of Cardinal Antonio Trivulzio , after which he worked as secretary to Cardinal Taddeo Gaddi and as private secretary to Giovanni Angelo de Medici , who was later elected Pope Pius IV. He was Bishop of Martirano and later Bishop of Manfredonia. Pope Pius IV elevated him to cardinalate on March 12, 1565 and appointed him in May d. J. as cardinal deacon of the titular church of San Teodoro . In the next few years he changed his title churches more often. 1587 Pope appointed him Sixtus V. to Cardinal Priest of the titular church of Santa Maria del Popolo , however, it rose in the same year 1587 the Cardinal Bishop of suburbicarian diocese Albano and 1589 for Cardinal Bishop of Sabina . In 1591 Gallio became Cardinal Bishop of Frascati and in 1600 received the suburbicarian seat of Porto from Clement VIII . Gallio worked in the Roman Curia , he became dean of the College of Cardinals in 1603 and received the diocese of Ostia as such . In February 1603, Clement VIII made Cardinal Gallio head of the Congregation for Rites and the Congregation for Ceremonies. He remained prefect of both dicasteries until his death in 1607.

literature

• Giampiero Brunelli:  Gallio (Galli), Tolomeo. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 51:  Gabbiani-Gamba. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1998.

Web links

• Gallio, Tolomeo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 18, 2016.
• Entry on Tolomeo Gallio on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved November 18, 2016.
• Entry on the tomb in the REQUIEM project
• Entry on prosopography in the REQUIEM project

predecessor	Office	successor
Alfonso Gesualdo de Conza	Dean of the College of Cardinals 1603–1607	Domenico Pinelli
Alfonso Gesualdo de Conza	Cardinal Bishop of Ostia 1603–1607	Domenico Pinelli
Innico d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona	Cardinal Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina 1600–1603	Girolamo Rusticucci
Inigo d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona	Cardinal Bishop of Frascati 1591–1600	Giovanni Ludovico Madruzzo
Innico d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona	Cardinal Bishop of Sabina 1589–1591	Gabriele Paleotti
Alfonso Gesualdo	Cardinal Bishop of Albano 1587–1589	Prospero Santacroce
Bartolomé de la Cueva de Albuquerque	Bishop of Manfredonia 1562–1573	Giuseppe Sappi
	Bishop of Martirano 1560–1562