Lorenzo Roverella Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Lorenzo Roverella
Bishop of Ferrara
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Ferrara
Term:	1460–1474
Predecessor:	Francesco de Lignamine
Successor:	Bartolomeo della Rovere
Death Date:	1474

Lorenzo Roverella (died 1474) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ferrara (1460–1474).^[1]

Biography

On 26 March 1460, Lorenzo Roverella was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius II as Bishop of Ferrara.^[2] He served as Bishop of Ferrara until his death in 1474.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Stefano Botticelli, Bishop of Cremona.

Rovarella was a referendary in the Roman Curia when Pope Paul II named him to proclaim an indulgence for the crusade against the Hussite king of Bohemia, George Podiebrad in 1468.^[3]

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Archdiocese of Ferrara–Comacchio (Italy). GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Konrad Eubel

   . Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. II. 153. 1914. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)

2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Lorenzo Roverella . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
3. Documents on the Papal Plenary Indulgences 1300-1517 Preached in the Regnum Teutonicum, ed. Stuart Jenks, Leiden, Brill, 2018), 188-202.