Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga †

Deceased

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Nov 1542		Born	Mantua, Italy
23 Sep 1585	42.9	Appointed	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
4 Oct 1585	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
18 Dec 1587	45.1	Elevated to Cardinal
15 Jan 1588	45.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
11 Jan 1593	50.2	Died	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

a bishop for 7.3 years
a cardinal for 5.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Enrico Cardinal Caetani †
Archbishop Annibale de Capua †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Pope St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. † (1556)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Pope Giulio de’ Medici † (1517)
Pope Giovanni de’ Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere † (1481)
Pope Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. † (1471)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Marcantonio Bizzoni †
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) †
Patriarch Camilli Caetani †
Bishop Gerolamo Vela †
Bishop Ludovico Alferio †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Cristóbal Senmanat y Robuster †

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 18 Dec 1587
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 3, Page 210
ob/c2+: Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 23, Number 99

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