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Cristoforo della Rovere (13 June 1434 – 1 February 1478) (called the Cardinal of Tarentaise) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
A member of the House of della Rovere, Cristoforo della Rovere was born in Turin on 13 June 1434, the son of Giovanni della Rovere and Anna del Pozo. [1] His younger brother, Domenico della Rovere, also became a cardinal. [1]
He was educated at the University of Bologna, receiving a doctorate in law. [1] He then became a juristconsult and a protonotary apostolic. [1]
On 3 August 1472 he was elected Archbishop of Tarentaise. [1] Pope Sixtus IV confirmed his appointment on 15 September 1472 and he subsequently occupied the see until his death. [1] The Pope later made him Governor of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome. [1]
In the consistory of 10 December 1477 Pope Sixtus IV made him a cardinal priest. [1] On 12 December 1477 he received the titular church of San Vitale and the Pope dispatched one of the conservators of Rome to the Castel Sant'Angelo to give him the red hat. [1]
He was already ill when he became a cardinal and died shortly thereafter in Rome on 1 February 1478. [1] He is buried in Santa Maria del Popolo. [1]