Filippo Spinola
Filippo Spinola (1535–1593) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
A member of the Spinola family, Filippo Spinola was born in Genoa on December 1, 1535, the son of Agostino Spinola, count of Tassarolo, and Gironima Albenga.[1]
After serving the government of Genoa as a young man, Spinola moved to Rome, was ordained as a subdeacon, and became a Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura.[1] He later became a domestic prelate of His Holiness.[1]
On February 8, 1566, he was elected Bishop of Bisignano.[1] He was consecrated as a bishop in the Pauline chapel of the Apostolic Palace by Cardinal Giambattista Cicada on February 16, 1566.[1] On March 9, 1569, he was transferred to the see of Nola.[1]
Pope Gregory XIII made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1583.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Sabina on February 20, 1584.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1585 that elected Pope Sixtus V.[1] The new pope named him administrator of the see of Sora.[1] On May 13, 1585, he was named papal legate in Perugia and Umbria; he held this legation a second time in 1591.[1] He was also legate in the Duchy of Spoleto.[1] He was also Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Regulars, and Prefect of the pontifical galleys.[1]
He participated in the first papal conclave of 1590 that elected Pope Urban VII; the second papal conclave of 1590 that elected Pope Gregory XIV; the papal conclave of 1591 that elected Pope Innocent IX; and the papal conclave of 1592 that elected Pope Clement VIII.[1] He was a member of the cardinalate commission for Germany and the Kingdom of Hungary.[1] When Cardinal Ludovico Madruzzo was not in Rome, Spinola served as cardinal protector for the Holy Roman Empire.[1]
He died in Rome on August 20, 1593 and was buried in his titular church of Santa Sabina.[1] His remains were later transferred to Genoa.[1]