Giulio della Rovere explained

Type:cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Giulio della Rovere
Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Ravenna
Elected:6 March 1566
Term End:3 September 1578
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Predecessor:Ranuccio Farnese
Successor:Cristoforo Boncampagni
Ordination:?
Consecration:15 April 1566
Consecrated By:Alessandro Farnese
Cardinal:27 July 1547
Created Cardinal By:Paul III
Rank:Cardinal-Bishop
Birth Date:5 April 1533
Birth Place:Urbino, Papal States
Death Place:Fossombrone, Papal States
Buried:, Urbino
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Giulio della Rovere, also known as Giulio Feltrio della Rovere (5 April 1533 – 3 September 1578) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and a member of the della Rovere family.

Della Rovere was the second son of Francesco Maria I della Rovere and Eleonora Gonzaga[1] and the younger brother of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.

Della Rovere was elevated to cardinal in 1548 at the age of 13.[2]

He had two illegitimate sons: Ippolito[3] and Giuliano. Both were later legitimised, as were their children, by Pope Pius V in 1572. Ippolito was made Marchese di San Lorenzo.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Giovanni Oliva, Archbishop of Chieti (1568); and Alessandro Mazza, Bishop of Fossombrone (1569).[4]

References and notes

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Notes and References

  1. Ian Verstegen, Patronage and dynasty: the rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy (Truman State University Press, 2007)
  2. George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy: The Families And Descendants Of The Popes (McFarland, 2004), .
  3. Ippolito's daughter Lucrezia della Rovere married Marcantonio Lante (1566 - 1643) and had issue including Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere.
  4. David M. Cheney. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. "Giulio Cardinal della Rovere". Retrieved August 28, 2017.