Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni

Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (Gian Antonio, Gianantonio) (1519–1591) was an Italian Cardinal, created in 1560, and papal legate. He was a cousin of Pope Pius IV, or nephew or uncle.

He was bishop of Foligno in 1557 and bishop of Novara in 1560. He was bishop of Sabina and then bishop of Palestrina in 1573, bishop of Frascati in 1583, bishop of Ostia in 1589.

Serbellon died in Rome in 1591 and was buried in Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• St. Charles Borromeo, Administrator of Milan (1563);
• Giovanni D'Amato, Bishop of Minori (1565);
• Ottaviano Pasqua, Bishop of Gerace (1574);
• Giacomo Rovello (Roveglio), Coadjutor Bishop of Feltre (1580);
• Giovanni Battista Castrucci, Archbishop of Chieti (1585); and
• Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini, Bishop of Acqui (1585).

External links

• Biography
• Catholic Hierarchy page ^{[self-published]}