Filiberto Ferrero (1500–1549) was an

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and

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Biography

Filiberto Ferrero was born in

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in 1500, the son of Goffredo Ferrero,

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of Bordolano, and his second wife Margherita Sanseverino, marchioness of Bordolano. He was the nephew of Cardinals Gianstefano Ferrero and Bonifacio Ferrero. His younger brother, Pier Francesco Ferrero, also later became a cardinal, as did his nephew,

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. On 17 May 1518 he was elected Bishop of Ivrea, serving as administrator until he reached the canonical age of 27. He occupied the see until his death. From 1528, he served as the

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. In 1530, he served as the

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to the

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. On 12 November 1532

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named him

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to the Duke of Savoy. He was

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as a

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by his uncle Cardinal Bonifacio Ferrero on 28 December 1533. From 26 April 1537 until 11 March 1541, he was nuncio to Francis I of France.

Pope Paul III Pope Paul III (; ; born Alessandro Farnese; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era follo ...

made him a

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in the

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of April 8, 1549. He received the

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and the

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of San Vitale on 10 May 1549. He died in Rome on 14 August 1549. He was buried in the family's tomb in Biella.

References

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