Filippo Sega | |
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Bishop of Piacenza | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Piacenza |
See | Piacenza |
Appointed | 3 October 1578 |
Term ended | 29 May 1596 |
Predecessor | Tommaso Gigli |
Successor | Claudio Rangoni |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio (1594-96) |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Ripatransone (1575-78) Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1577-81) Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1586-87) |
Orders | |
Consecration | 29 June 1575 by Gabriele Del Monte |
Created cardinal | 18 December 1591 by Pope Innocent IX |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | Filippo Sega 22 August 1537 |
Died | 29 May 1596 Rome, Papal States | (aged 58)
Buried | Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo |
Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Filippo Sega (22 August 1537 – 29 May 1596) was a Catholic bishop from 1575 to 1596 and a cardinal from 1591 to 1596. He served as a papal diplomat in several important and sensitive posts, in Flanders, Spain, Vienna, Prague, and France.