Domenico Rivarola Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Domenico Rivarola
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
Church:Catholic Church
Consecration:28 Dec 1608
Consecrated By:Michelangelo Tonti
Birth Date:1575
Birth Place:Genoa, Italy
Death Date:3 Jan 1627 (age 52)

Domenico Rivarola (1575–1627) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.[1]

Biography

On 28 Dec 1608, he was consecrated bishop by Michelangelo Tonti, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Metello Bichi, Bishop Emeritus of Sovana, and Valeriano Muti, Bishop of Città di Castello, serving as co-consecrators.[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:and the principal co-consecrator of:

References

Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) painted a portrait of Cardinal Rivarola in 1623–1624. It currently belongs to the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. A 1624 copy of this painting, also by van Dyck, is in the collection of Salsbury House and Garden, Des Moines, Iowa.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miranda . Salvador. Salvador Miranda (historian) . RIVAROLA, Domenico (1575-1627). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . 29 February 2016. Florida International University. 53276621.
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Domenico Cardinal Rivarola . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.