Agostino Spinola

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His Eminence Agostino Spínola
Agostino Spinola
Church	Catholic Church
Personal details
Born	1482 Savona, Italy
Died	18 October 1537 (age 55)

Coat of arms of Cardinal Agostino Spinola

Agostino Spinola (c. 1482–1537) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Biography[]

A member of the Spinola family, Agostino Spinola was born in Savona, Italy ca. 1482, the son of Giovanni Spinola, consignore of Garessio, and Petruccia Riario.^[1] He was a grand-nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. He was a cousin of Cardinal Raffaele Riario.^[1]

Early in his life, he was a secretary of Pope Julius II.^[1]

On 19 December 1509 he was elected Bishop of Perugia.^[1] He participated in the ninth through the twelfth sessions of the Fifth Council of the Lateran (1512–17).^[1] He accompanied Pope Leo X on his trip to Bologna.^[1]

Pope Clement VII made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 3 May 1527.^[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane on 3 August 1527.^[1] He was the administrator of the see of Savona from 17 July 1528 until his death.^[1] He resigned the administration of Perugia in favor of his brother Carlo Spinola on 15 February 1529.^[1] He was the Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1 January 1532 to 8 January 1533.^[1] On 5 September 1534 he opted for the titular church of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine.^[1]

He participated in the papal conclave of 1534 that elected Pope Paul III.^[1] From 10 May 1535 until his death he was also the administrator of the see of Altari.^[1]

He died in Rome on 18 October 1537.^[1] He was buried in the convent of San Domenico in Savona.^[1] When that church was demolished in 1544, the marble bas-relief of his tomb was placed in the Palazzo Pozzobonello-Del Carretto.^[1]

Episcopal succession[]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[2]

• Giacomo Simonetta, Bishop of Pesaro (1529);
• Paolo Capizucchi, Bishop of Nicastro (1535); and
• , Bishop of Lipari (1537).

References[]

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