Gianfrancesco Cardinal Commendone †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece

Cardinal-Priest of San Marco

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1523		Born
25 Oct 1555	32.6	Appointed	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
1560²	36.7	Resigned	Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece
Sep 1563³	40.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
12 Mar 1565	41.9	Elevated to Cardinal
Dec 1565³	42.7	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
15 Nov 1566	43.6	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane
5 Jul 1574	51.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
9 Jan 1584	60.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
14 May 1584	61.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
26 Dec 1584	61.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante, Greece

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Gianfrancesco Commendone
Gianfrancesco Cardinal Commendone
(born 17 Mar 1523, died 26 Dec 1584)
Bishop Emeritus of Cefalonia e Zante

Consistory - 1565: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1565/1566: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1572: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
Death Place Padua, Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Capuchin, Monastery, Padua, Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy

a cardinal for 19.7 years

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ludovico Antinori † (1568)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
Death Place	Padua, Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Capuchin, Monastery, Padua, Diocese of Padova {Padua}, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/93893
VIAF: 66600275
WikiData: Q2707752

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 12 Mar 1565
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 162
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Biaudet), Page 262
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1555, Number 24*

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