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His Eminence Agostino Spínola | |
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Church | Catholic Church |
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Born | 1482 |
Died | 18 October 1537 (age 55) |
Agostino Spinola (c. 1482–1537) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
A member of the Spinola family, Agostino Spinola was born in Savona, Italy ca. 1482, the son of Giovanni Spinola, consignore of Garessio, and Petruccia Riario. [1] He was a grand-nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. He was a cousin of Cardinal Raffaele Riario. [1]
Early in his life, he was a secretary of Pope Julius II. [1]
On 19 December 1509 he was elected Bishop of Perugia. [1] He participated in the ninth through the twelfth sessions of the Fifth Council of the Lateran (1512–17). [1] He accompanied Pope Leo X on his trip to Bologna. [1]
Pope Clement VII made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 3 May 1527. [1] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane on 3 August 1527. [1] He was the administrator of the see of Savona from 17 July 1528 until his death. [1] He resigned the administration of Perugia in favor of his brother Carlo Spinola on 15 February 1529. [1] He was the Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1 January 1532 to 8 January 1533. [1] On 5 September 1534 he opted for the titular church of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine. [1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1534 that elected Pope Paul III. [1] From 10 May 1535 until his death he was also the administrator of the see of Altari. [1]
He died in Rome on 18 October 1537. [1] He was buried in the convent of San Domenico in Savona. [1] When that church was demolished in 1544, the marble bas-relief of his tomb was placed in the Palazzo Pozzobonello-Del Carretto. [1]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: [2]