Alessandro Cardinal Riario †

Deceased

Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli

Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Dec 1543		Born
8 Nov 1570	26.9	Appointed	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
24 Aug 1572	28.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}
21 Feb 1578	34.2	Elevated to Cardinal
3 Mar 1578	34.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
May 1581³	37.4	Appointed	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
18 Jul 1585	41.6	Died	Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Alessandro Riario
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Alessandro Cardinal Riario (born 3 Dec 1543, died 18 Jul 1585) Titular Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria}

Consistory - February 1578: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1585: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Bologna, Diocese of Bologna, Italy
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) In front of main altar, Ss. XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Current) S. Giacomo, Bologna, Archdiocese of Bologna, Italy

a bishop for 12.9 years
a cardinal for 7.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Benedetto Cardinal Lomellini †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Sabina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Antonio Elio †
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Bishop Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi †
Bishop of Savona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Benedetto Cardinal Lomellini † (1565)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Sabina
Clemente Cardinal d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bologna, Diocese of Bologna, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	In front of main altar, Ss. XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Current)	S. Giacomo, Bologna, Archdiocese of Bologna, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 21 Feb 1578
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 102
ob/c2+: Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 20, Number 81
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Biaudet), Page 282
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1572, Number 12

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a bishop for 12.9 years a cardinal for 7.4 years	Principal Consecrator: Benedetto Cardinal Lomellini † Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Sabina Principal Co-Consecrators: Patriarch Antonio Elio † Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} Bishop Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi † Bishop of Savona
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Benedetto Cardinal Lomellini † (1565) Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Sabina Clemente Cardinal d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli