Filiberto Ferrero (1500–1549) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and

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Biography

Filiberto Ferrero was born in Biella in 1500, the son of Goffredo Ferrero,

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, and his second wife Margherita Sanseverino, marchioness of Bordolano. He was the nephew of Cardinals

Gianstefano Ferrero Giovanni Stefano Ferrero (1474–1510) (called the Cardinal of Bologna) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Giovanni Stefano Ferrero was born in Biella on May 5, 1474, the son of Sebastiano Ferrero and Tomena Avogadro ...

and

Bonifacio Ferrero Bonifacio Ferrero (1476–1543) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Bonifacio Ferrero was born in Biella in 1476, the son of Sebastiano Ferraro and Tomena Avogadro. He was the younger brother of Cardinal Gianstefano F ...

. His younger brother,

Pier Francesco Ferrero Pier Francesco Ferrero (1510–1566) was an Italian Roman Catholic abbot, bishop and cardinal. Biography Pier Francesco Ferrero was born in Biella in 1506, the son of Goffredo Ferrero, marquis of Bordolano, and his second wife Margherita Sanse ...

, also later became a cardinal, as did his nephew,

Guido Luca Ferrero Guido Luca Ferrero (18 May 1537 – 16 May 1585) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Guido Luca Ferrero was born in Turin on 18 May 1537, the son of Sebastiano Ferrero, ''signore'' of Casalvolone and Villata, and his w ...

. On 17 May 1518 he was elected

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, serving as administrator until he reached the canonical age of 27. He occupied the see until his death. From 1528, he served as the almoner of Francis I of France. In 1530, he served as the

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of Charles III, Duke of Savoy to the Republic of Venice. On 12 November 1532 Pope Clement VII named him

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to the Duke of Savoy. He was

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as a bishop in Rome 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.

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made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of April 8, 1549. He received the

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and the titular church 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.

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