Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle
Office:Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
Term Start:12 January 1582
Term End:4 May 1595
Predecessor:Jean de la Cassière
Successor:Martin Garzez
Birth Date:1531
Birth Place:Provence, France
Death Date:4 May 1595
Death Place:Malta
Restingplace:St. John's Co-Cathedral
Nationality:French
Allegiance: Order of Saint John

Fra' Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (13 April 1531 – 4 May 1595) was the 51st Grand Master of the Order of Malta, between 1582 and 1595.

History

He is mainly remembered for the reconstruction of the hunting lodge at Boschetto which was renamed Verdala Palace in his honour. The palace is located in the Buskett Gardens, within the limits of Siġġiewi. He is buried in a sarcophagus in the Crypt of the Co-Cathedral of St. John in Valletta. He was made Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae by Pope Sixtus V in the consistory of December 18, 1587.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: KOM . 2012-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120814214659/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mccv/knights/Knights.htm . 2012-08-14 .
  2. Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian) . Miranda . Salvador . LOUBENX DE VERDALLE, O.S.Io.Hieros., Hughes de (1531-1595) . The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Florida International University. 53276621.