Cristoforo madruzzo titian biography
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Cristoforo madruzzo titian biography
Cristoforo Madruzzo
Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman
Cristoforo Madruzzo ([kriˈstɔːforomaˈdruttso]) (5 July 1512 - 5 July 1578)[1] was an Italian Roman Catholiccardinal and statesman.
His brother Eriprando was a mercenary captain who fought in the Italian Wars.
Biography
Madruzzo was born on 5 July 1512 at Calavino, into a noble family in Trento. He studied at Padua and Bologna,[1] received in 1529 from his older brother a canonicate at Trento and the parish of Tirol near Meran, was in 1536 a Canon of Salzburg, in 1537 of Brixen, and in 1539 became Prince-Bishop of Trento.[2] Being only a subdeacon at the time, he was promoted to the deaconship, priesthood and episcopate in 1542.[1]
In December 1542, he was appointed administrator of the Bishopric of Brixen,[3] and shortly afterwards, during the same year, he was raised to the dignity of a cardinal by Pope Paul III.
Having resigned his bishopric at