Scipione Gonzaga | |
---|---|
Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem | |
Church | Catholic Church |
See | Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem |
Appointed | 23 September 1585 |
Term ended | 11 January 1593 |
Predecessor | Gian Antonio Facchinetti |
Successor | Fabio Blondus de Montealto |
Orders | |
Consecration | 4 October 1585 (Bishop) by Iñigo Avalos de Aragón |
Created cardinal | 11 December 1587 by Pope Sixtus V |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 November 1542 |
Died | 11 January 1593 San Martino dall'Argine | (aged 50)
Buried | Church 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.