Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga †

Deceased

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Nov 1542		Born
May 1575³	32.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
1 Nov 1579	36.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Sep 1585	42.8	Appointed	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
4 Oct 1585	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
18 Dec 1587	45.1	Elevated to Cardinal
15 Jan 1588	45.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
11 Jan 1593	50.1	Died	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Scipione Gonzaga
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga
(born 11 Nov 1542, died 11 Jan 1593)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo

Consistory - December 1587: Created Cardinal
Conclave - September 1590: Participated
Conclave - October/December 1590: Participated
Conclave - 1591: Participated
Conclave - 1592: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Mantua, Diocese of Mantova, Italy
Ordained Priest San Silvestro al Quirinale, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Lorenzo in Lucina, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place San Martino dall'Argine, Diocese of Cremona, Italy
Buried Place (Current) Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano, Church, San Martino dall'Argine, Diocese of Cremona, Italy

a priest for 13.1 years
a bishop for 7.2 years
a cardinal for 5.0 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Thomas Goldwell, C.R. †
Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Goldwell, C.R. †
Bishop of Saint Asaph, Wales
Principal Consecrator:
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Enrico Caetani †
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
Archbishop Annibale de Capua †
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Ordained Priest:
Francesco Maria Cardinal Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria † (1589)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Marcantonio Bizzoni † (1586)
Bishop Sebastian Breuning † (1586)
Bishop Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. † (1586)
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Patriarch Camillo Caetani † (1588)
Bishop Girolamo Velo † (1591)
Bishop Ludovico Alferio † (1591)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giulio Masetti † (1585)
Bishop Fulvio Teofili † (1587)
Bishop Cristóbal Robuster y Senmanat † (1587)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mantua, Diocese of Mantova, Italy
Ordained Priest	San Silvestro al Quirinale, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	San Lorenzo in Lucina, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	San Martino dall'Argine, Diocese of Cremona, Italy
Buried Place (Current)	Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano, Church, San Martino dall'Argine, Diocese of Cremona, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/110731
VIAF: 66492175
WikiData: Q729798

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 18 Dec 1587
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 210
ob/c2+: Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 23, Number 99
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1585, Number 19

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