Agostino Spinola (c. 1482–1537) was an

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and cardinal.

Biography

A member of the

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, Agostino Spinola was born in Savona,

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ca. 1482, the son of Giovanni Spinola, ''consignore'' of

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, and Petruccia

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. He was a grand-nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. He was a cousin of Cardinal

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. Early in his life, he was a secretary of

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. On 19 December 1509 he was elected

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. He participated in the ninth through the twelfth sessions of the

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(1512–17). He accompanied

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on his trip to

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made him a

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in the

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of 3 May 1527. He received the red hat and the

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of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane on 3 August 1527. He was the administrator of the see of Savona from 17 July 1528 until his death. He resigned the administration of Perugia in favor of his brother Carlo Spinola on 15 February 1529. He was the Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1 January 1532 to 8 January 1533. On 5 September 1534 he opted for the titular church of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine. He participated in the papal conclave of 1534 that elected Pope Paul III. From 10 May 1535 until his death he was also the administrator of the see of Altari. He died in

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on 18 October 1537. He was buried in the

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of San Domenico in Savona. When that church was demolished in 1544, the marble bas-relief of his tomb was placed in the ''Palazzo Pozzobonello-Del Carretto''.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: * Giacomo Simonetta, Bishop of Pesaro (1529); * Paolo Capizucchi, Bishop of Nicastro (1535); and *

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(1537).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spinola, Agostino 1482 births 1537 deaths 15th-century Italian people 16th-century Genoese people 16th-century Italian cardinals People from Savona Agostino Year of birth unknown Bishops in Umbria Year of birth uncertain