Scipione Gonzaga

Scipione Gonzaga
Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeLatin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Appointed23 September 1585
Term ended11 January 1593
PredecessorGian Antonio Facchinetti
SuccessorFabio Blondus de Montealto
Orders
Consecration4 October 1585 (Bishop)
by Iñigo Avalos de Aragón
Created cardinal11 December 1587
by Pope Sixtus V
Personal details
Born11 November 1542
Died11 January 1593(1593-01-11) (aged 50)
San Martino dall'Argine
BuriedChurch of Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano, San Martino dall'Argine

Scipione Gonzaga (1542 – 1593) was an Italian cardinal, chiefly remembered for his friendship and patronage of the troubled poet Torquato Tasso and his support, against other family members, for his cousin Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.