Filippo Guastavillani
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Filippo Guastavillani | |
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| Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Eustachio | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| In office | 1587 |
| Other posts | Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, (1584-1587) Commendatory abbot of Nonantola, (1582-1587) Protector of House of Loreto, (1580-1587) |
| Previous posts | Cardinal deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, (1583-1587) Cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, (1577-1583) Apostolic legate of the March of Ancona, (1578-1580) Cardinal deacon of Santa Maria Nuova, (1574-1577) |
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Created cardinal | July 5, 1574 by Pope Gregory XIII |
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| Born | September 28, 1541 |
| Died | August 17, 1587 (aged 45) Rome, Papal States |
| Buried | Bologna |
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Filippo Guastavillani (28 September 1541 – 17 August 1587) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
[edit]Filippo Guastavillani was born in Bologna on 28 September 1541, the son of Bolognese Patricians Angelo Michele Guastavillani and wife as her second husband Giacoma Boncompagni.[1] His siblings were Girolamo Guastavillani, married to Orsina Bentivoglio, relative of her brother-in-law, and had issue, and Isabella Guastavillani, married in 1573 to Protesilao Malvezzi (bap. 22 July 1556 - 23 June 1623), relative of his sister-in-law, and had issue. His mother's siblings were Pope Gregory XIII, Boncompagno Boncompagni (1504 - 1587), married to Cecilia Bargellini (parents of Angela Boncompagni, wife of Girolamo Pepoli, without issue, and Cardinal Filippo Boncompagni), and another married sibling, children of Cristoforo Boncompagni (10 July 1470 – 1546) and wife Angela Marescalchi, and paternal grandchildren of Giacomo Boncompagni and wife Camilla Piattesi.[2]
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 cardinal deacon in the consistory of July 5, 1574.[1] He received the red hat and the deaconry of Santa Maria Nova on July 14, 1574.[1] On November 8, 1577, he opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Cosmedin.[1] He became the Governor of Spoleto in 1578, and served as the governor of Ancona from October 18, 1578 to 1585.[1] He served as cardinal protector of The 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
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Borromeo, Agostino (2002). "Gregory XIII". In Levillain, Philippe (ed.). The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. Vol. II: Gaius-Proxies. Routledge. pp. 663–665.
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