Filippo Guastavillani
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Filippo Guastavillani (September 28, 1541 – August 17, 1587) was an
cardinal
.
Biography
Filippo Guastavillani was born in Bologna on September 28, 1541, the son of Bolognese patricians Angelo Michele Guastavillani and Giacoma Boncompagni.[1] He was the cousin of Cardinal Filippo Boncompagni.[1]
As a young man, he received the tonsure in Bologna.[1] There, he was a member of the Council of the Forty from 1571 to 1576.[1] He was also Bologna's Gonfaloniere of Justice.[1]
His uncle Pope Gregory XIII made him a
Holy House of Loreto from December 11, 1580 until his death.[1] On December 19, 1583, he opted for the deaconry of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria.[1]
He participated in the
papal conclave of 1585 that elected Pope Sixtus V.[1] The new pope named him Governor of Montis Castelli Tudertini in 1585.[1] On January 7, 1587, Cardinal Guastavillani opted for the deaconry of Sant'Eustachio.[1] He was the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from May 14, 1584 until his death.[1] He was also Governor of Bologna and Ferrara.[1]
He died in Rome on August 17, 1587.[1] He was initially buried in Santi Apostoli.[1] The next year, his remains were transferred to Bologna and buried in the Church of San Francesco.[1]
References
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