Giovanni Colonna | |
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Cardinal-Deacon of
Santa Maria in Aquiro Bishop of Rieti Archpriest of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
See | Rieti |
Predecessor | Angelo Capranica |
Successor | Pompeo Colonna |
Personal details | |
Born | 1456 |
Died | 26 September 1508 (age 51/52) Rome, Papal States |
Giovanni Colonna (1456 – 26 September 1508) was a Roman Catholic cardinal of the High Renaissance period, a member of the famous Colonna family.
Colonna was born in Rome in 1456, a grandson of Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, Count of the Marsi . [1] [2]
He was created a cardinal by Pope Sixtus IV in the consistory of 15 May 1480 and was made bishop of Rieti on 10 November of that year. He participated in the conclaves of 1484, 1492, September 1503 and October 1503. Colonna died in 1508. [3] [4] Colonna's funeral oration was written by Battista Casali. [5] Giovanni Colonna's nephew Pompeo Colonna succeeded him as Bishop of Rieti. [6] [7]
Cardinal Colonna appears in the 2011 TV series Borgia, played by Karel Dobrý.