Sigismondo Gonzaga
Roman Catholic | |
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Other post(s) | Apostolic protonotary, apostolic legate, administrator of the Diocese of Aversa |
Orders | |
Created cardinal | 1 December 1505 by Pope Julius II |
Personal details | |
Born | 1469 |
Died | Mantua | October 3, 1525
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sigismondo Gonzaga (1469,
Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua
.
Life
He was the son of
apostolic protonotary. Pope Julius II was made a cardinal in the consistory of 1 December 1505.[2] He was made apostolic administrator of Mantua from 1511 to 1521, finally resigning the post in favour of his nephew Ercole. He gained much sympathy from the schismatic cardinals but remained faithful to Julius II.[3]
He became
Vincenzo Gonzaga
(1615).
References
- ^ (in Italian) Mario Castagna, Stemmi e vicende di casate mantovane, Montichari, 2002. ISBN non esistente
- ^ 'Sigismondo Gonzaga' in The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
- ^ (in Italian) Rosanna Golinelli Berto. Associazione per i monumenti domenicani (a cura di), Sepolcri Gonzagheschi, Mantova, 2013.
- ^ (in Italian) His investiture to the Diocese of Mantua
- ^ (in Italian) Raffaele Tamalio, GONZAGA, Sigismondo, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, vol. 57, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2001.