Giovanni Domenico de Cupis explained

Giovanni Domenico de Cupis (Cupi, Cuppi) (1493–1553) was an Italian Cardinal, created by Pope Leo X in the consistory of 1 July 1517.

Biography

He was Crown-cardinal of the Kingdom of Scotland.^[1] He was a friend of Ignatius Loyola.^[2]

His mother was Lucrezia Normanni, who had had a daughter Felice della Rovere by Pope Julius II before marrying Bernardino de Cupis, Giovanni Domenico's father. He owed early advancement as Bishop of Trani to Julius.^[3]

He was Bishop of Albano in 1531, Bishop of Sabina in 1532, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1535 and Bishop of Ostia in 1537. Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1541.

Notes

1. Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian) . Miranda . Salvador . DE CUPIS, Giovanni Domenico (1493-1553). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Florida International University. 53276621.
2. http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1549.html Sede Vacante 1549-1550
3. Caroline Murphy, The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere (2005), p. 162.

External links

• Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian) . Miranda . Salvador . DE CUPIS, Giovanni Domenico (1493-1553). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Florida International University. 53276621.