Gianfrancesco Gambara
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Gianfrancesco Gambara (1533–1587) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Biography[]
Gianfrancesco Gambara was born in Brescia on February 16, 1533, the son of , count of Pralboino (a field marshal in the army of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and Virginia Pallavicini, widow of Ranuccio Farnese.[1] He was the nephew of Cardinal Uberto Gambara.[1] After his father's death, his mother married a third time, to , making Charles Borromeo his stepbrother.[1]
He began his studies at the University of Padua, then continued at the University of Bologna.[1] He completed his studies at the University of Perugia, becoming a doctor of both laws.[1]
He then joined his uncle the cardinal at the court of Charles V.[1] He later traveled to Rome and joined the court of Pope Julius III, who made him a privy chamberlain.[1] During the pontificate of Pope Pius IV, he became a cleric of the Apostolic Camera, eventually becoming its president.[1]
Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of February 26, 1561.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano (declared a deaconry pro illa vice) on March 10, 1561.[1]
As cardinal, he participated in the Council of Trent 1562-63.[1] In 1564, he signed the acts of the Council of Trent in the name of Pope Pius IV.[1] From August 22, 1565 until January 20, 1566, he was papal legate in Camerino.[1] He opted for the titular church of Santa Pudenziana on November 17, 1565.[1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V.[1]
On October 7, 1566, he was elected Bishop of Viterbo.[1] He was consecrated as a bishop by Pope Pius V in the Sistine Chapel on October 13, 1566.[1] In 1566, in the wake of an epidemic, he was put in charge of sanitation for Rome.[1] On July 4, 1567, he was named inquisitor general.[1] He opted for the titular church of Santa Prisca on July 3, 1570.[1] He was a participant in the papal conclave of 1572 that elected Pope Gregory XIII.[1] On October 17, 1572, he opted for the titular church of Sant'Anastasia.[1] He resigned the government of his diocese sometime before March 28, 1576.[1] He opted for the titular church of San Clemente on July 9, 1578, and then for Santa Maria in Trastevere on August 17, 1579.[1]
On December 5, 1580, he opted for the order of cardinal bishops and received the suburbicarian see of Albano.[1] He opted for the suburbicarian see of Palestrina on March 4, 1583.[1] He was a participant in the papal conclave of 1585 that elected Pope Sixtus V.[1]
He died in Rome on May 5, 1587.[1] He was buried in the church of Santa Maria della Quercia in Viterbo.[1]
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- 1533 births
- 1587 deaths
- 16th-century Italian cardinals
- Religious leaders from Brescia
- 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops