Desiderio Cardinal Scaglia, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Carlo al Corso

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Sep 1568³		Born
14 Aug 1584	15.8	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
11 Jan 1621	52.2	Elevated to Cardinal
3 Mar 1621	52.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
17 Mar 1621	52.4	Appointed	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
16 May 1621	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, Italy
14 Nov 1622	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of Como, Italy
7 Jan 1626⁶	57.2	Resigned	Bishop of Como, Italy
9 Feb 1626	57.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
6 Oct 1627	59.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Carlo al Corso
21 Aug 1639	70.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain ; ⁶ Before

MicroData Summary for Desiderio Scaglia
(VIAF: 67371846; WikiData: Q3024408)
Desiderio Cardinal Scaglia O.P. (born 26 Sep 1568, died 21 Aug 1639) Bishop Emeritus of Como

Consistory - January 1621: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1621: Participated
Conclave - 1623: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Brescia, Diocese of Brescia
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) Santi Ambrogio e Carlo, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 18.2 years
a cardinal for 18.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giambattista Cardinal Leni †
Bishop of Ferrara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giovanni Luigi Pasolini, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Segni
Bishop Fabrizio Landriani †
Bishop of Pavia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giambattista Cardinal Leni † (1608)
Bishop of Ferrara
Ottavio Cardinal Paravicini † (1584)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Alessio
St. Charles Cardinal Borromeo † (1563)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Serbelloni † (1557)
Bishop of Novara
Giovanni Angelo Cardinal de’ Medici † (1546)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Bishop Filippo Archinto †
Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alessandro Carissimi † (1622)
Bishop Lazzaro Carafino † (1622)
Archbishop Angelus Maria Cittadini, O. Cart. † (1624)
Bishop Giovanni della Robbia, O.P. † (1624)
Bishop Hyacinthus Arnolfini, O.F.M. Obs. † (1625)
Bishop Arcangelo Baldini, O.P. † (1626)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Brescia, Diocese of Brescia
Ordained Bishop	Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	Santi Ambrogio e Carlo, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 11 Jan 1621
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 14, and Page 238
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 157
ob/c2+: Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 72, Number 419
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1621, Number 20
bd/loc: AT, 2 Jul 2024

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