Domenico della Rovere
| His Eminence Domenico della Rovere | |
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Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale (1478-79) San Clemente (1479-1501) | |
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| Consecration | 1478 |
| Created cardinal |
10 February 1478 by Pope Sixtus IV |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1442 Vinovo |
| Died |
23 April 1501 Rome |
| Buried | Duomo di Torino, Turin |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Domenico della Rovere (1442 – 23 April 1501) was an Italian cardinal and patron of the arts.
Life
He was born at Vinovo, near Turin, and was not a relative of Pope Sixtus IV (Francesco Della Rovere), who, however, favoured him in the hope of establishing a link between his humble Ligurian family and that of the Piedmontese counts of Vinovo.[1]
In 1478 he was appointed as Bishop of Tarantaise succeeding his brother, Cristoforo. In the same year, on 10 February, he was created cardinal of San Vitale by Sixtus IV (one year later he exchanged the title with that of San Clemente). Also in 1478 he received the title of bishop of Montefiascone and Corneto, which he kept until his death. In 1482 he was appointed to the diocese of Geneva, which he immediately exchanged with that of Turin, where he arrived in 1483.
After Sixtus' death in 1484, he went to Rome to participate in the papal conclave which elected Pope Innocent VIII. Della Rovere remained in Rome for most of the rest of his life, leaving the diocese of Turin to his collaborators, including in nephew Giovanni Ludovico della Rovere. In Piedmont, he funded the Collegiate church of Saluzzo and the rebuilding of the Turin Cathedral, as well as a new castle in Vinovo to serve as his residence. In the Borgo rione of Rome, he commissioned Pinturicchio the decoration (including the Semi-Gods Ceiling) of the Palazzo bearing his name, whose construction he had started in 1480, perhaps under design by Baccio Pontelli.
He died in Rome in 1501, and is now buried in the Turin Cathedral.
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- ↑ François Ch. Udinet (1989). Della Rovere, Domenico (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 37. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed May 2018.
Further reading
- Semeria, Giovanni Battista (1840). Storia della Chiesa Metropolitana di Torino. Turin.
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Cristoforo della Rovere |
Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale 1478–1479 |
Succeeded by Ferry de Clugny |
| Preceded by Cristoforo della Rovere |
Archbishop of Tarentaise 1478 |
Succeeded by Giovanni de Compesio |
| Preceded by Gisberto Tolomei |
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Corneto e Montefiascone 1478–1501 |
Succeeded by Alessandro Farnese |
| Preceded by Giacopo Antonio Venier |
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente 1479–1501 |
Succeeded by Jaime Serra i Cau |
| Preceded by Jean de La Rochetaillée |
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Genève 1482 |
Succeeded by Giovanni de Compesio |
| Preceded by Giovanni de Compesio |
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Turin 1482–1501 |
Succeeded by Giovanni Ludovico della Rovere |
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