Alfonso Gesualdo
| Alfonso Gesualdo | |
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| Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Ostia (e Velletri) |
| In office | 20 March 1591 – 14 February 1603 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni |
| Successor | Tolomeo Gallio |
| Other posts | Archbishop of Naples (1596-1603) Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites (1588-1603) |
| Previous posts | Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1589-1591) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1587-1589) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1583-1587) Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente (1580-1583) Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (1579-1580) Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1578-1579) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca (1572-1578) Archbishop of Conza (1564-1572) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia (1563-1572) Administrator of Conza (1561-1564) Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Cecilia (1561-1563) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 December 1561 |
| Consecration | 23 April 1564 by Francesco Pisani |
| Created cardinal | 26 February 1561 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza 20 October 1540 Calitri, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 14 February 1603 (aged 62) Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire |
Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (20 October 1540 – 14 February 1603) became an Italian Cardinal in 1561. He was from Calitri, not far from Naples. His attendance at the papal conclave of 1565-1566, at the age of only 25, makes him one of the youngest Cardinals ever to participate in a papal election.[1]
He was Archbishop of Conza in 1564 (consecrated 23 April 1564 by Francesco Pisani), Bishop of Albano in 1583, Bishop of Frascati in 1587, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1589, Bishop of Ostia in 1591, and Archbishop of Naples in 1596.
He was a patron of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, the mother church of the Theatine Order.[2] The composer Carlo Gesualdo was his nephew.
Episcopal succession
| Episcopal succession of Alfonso Gesualdo |
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| While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[3] Salvatore Caracciolo, Archbishop of Conza (1572); Marcantonio Pescara, Archbishop of Conza (1574); Silvio de Sainte-Croix, Archbishop of Arles (1574); Ippolito Aldobrandini (seniore), Pope of Rome (1592); Filippo Spinelli, Titular Bishop of Colossae and Coadjutor Bishop of Policastro (1592); Marco Magnacervo, Bishop of Lucera (1593); Vincenzo Giustiniani, Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1593); Basilio Pignatelli, Bishop of L'Aquila (1593); Annibale D'Afflitto, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (1593); Cesare Del Pezzo, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1593); Benedetto Mandina, Bishop of Caserta (1594); and Juan de Castro, Archbishop of Taranto (1600). |
References
- Back to citation Miranda, Salvator. 1998. "Consistory of February 26, 1561 (II)"
- Back to citation Marcia B. Hall, Rome (2005), p. 303.
- Back to citation "Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
External links
- Biography
- Catholic Hierarchy page [self-published]
- (in Italian) Biography
- (in Italian) Biography