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Cristoforo Madruzzo (July 5, 1512 – July 5, 1578) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. His brother Eriprando was a mercenary captain who fought in the Italian Wars. Eriprando Madruzzo (died 1547 was an Italian Mercenary captain

Biography

Madruzzo was born on July 5, 1512, at Calavino, into a noble family in Trento. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Calavino is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Trento in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about Trento (traditional English Trent; Italian: Trento; German: Trient; Latin: Tridentum; Note that many He studied at Padua and Bologna, received in 1529 from his older brother a canonicate at Trento and the parish of Tyrol near Merano, was in 1536 a Canon of Salzburg, in 1537 of Brixen, and in 1539 became Prince-Bishop of Trento. Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Merano ( Italian, now most common in English German: Meran, also used in English Ladin: Meran; Archaic (857 AD Mairania is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Brixen ( Italian: Bressanone; Ladin: Porsenù or Persenon; Latin: Brixino; also known as Pressena The Bishopric of Trent is a former territory of Northern Italy which was created in 1027 and existed until 1802 when it was absorbed into Habsburg Being only a subdeacon at the time, he was promoted to the deaconship, priesthood and episcopate in 1542. Subdeacon (or sub-deacon is a title used in various branches of Christianity. Deacon is a role in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind but which varies among theological and denominational traditions Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion. The episcopate is the collective body of all Bishops of a church

In January 1543, he was appointed administrator of the Bishopric of Brixen, and shortly afterwards, during the same year 1543, he was raised to the dignity of a cardinal by Pope Paul III. The Bishopric of Brixen (modern Brixen (Bressanone) in what is now the province of Bolzano-Bozen) is a former Roman Catholic Diocese and also Pope Paul III ( February 29, 1468 &ndash November 10, 1549) born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Having resigned his bishopric at Trento in 1567 in favour of his nephew Ludovico, he spent the latter years of his life in Italy, and became Cardinal Bishop successively of Sabina, Palestrina, and Porto. Ludovico Madruzzo (1532 - 1600 was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. A few years after his death his remains were entombed in the family chapel, in the church of Sant'Onofrio, Rome. Sant'Onofrio is the Italian name of St Onuphrius. This name may refer to Sant'Onofrio (Rome, a church in Rome Sant'Onofrio Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

Charles V and his brother, King Ferdinand I, afterwards emperor, esteemed him very highly and employed him in many important and delicate missions. Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor ( Alcalá de Henares (near Madrid) Kingdom of Castile (now Spain) 10 March 1503 &ndash He took an active part in the imperial Diet of Ratisbon as representative of the emperor, and upheld strenuously the Catholic teaching against the heresy of Martin Luther. The Conference of Regensburg was a conference held at Regensburg in 1541, which marks the culmination of attempts to restore religious unity in Germany by means of Martin Luther (November 10 1483 February 18 1546 was a German Monk, theologian, university professor Father of Protestantism, and church reformer

As cardinal, Bishop of Trent, and temporal ruler of that principality, he naturally played a prominent part in the Council of Trent. The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Among other things he insisted that the reform of the Church should be taken up in earnest, a matter much desired by Charles V, and by which it was hoped to win the Protestants back to the Church. It was largely due to his efforts, that this subject was discussed and enactments of that character were passed in each session together with decisions on doctrinal matters. He was also intent upon promoting a truly religious and Christian life among both the people and the ecclesiastics under his jurisdiction. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth He was himself cultured and learned, and patronized with great munificence the liberal arts and learning.

In addition to his two sees he received in 1546, by the favour of Charles V, a yearly allowance of 2,000 ducats from the Spanish Archbishopric of Compostela. The ducat (ˈdʌkət is a Gold coin that was used as a trade currency throughout Europe before World War I. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated Bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others this means that they lead

He died in Tivoli, Italy on July 5, 1578, his 66th birthday. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Birthday is the name given to the date of the anniversary of a person's birth

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