Tolomeo Gallio (also spelled Gallo and Galli; 25 September 1527 – 3 or 4 February 1607) was an Italian

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In the time of

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, he acted as papal secretary of state (in office 1572 to 1585), having a key role in the curia. He built the

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, in his birthplace

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, in 1568, as a summer residence; and the Palazzo Gallio of

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. He was

bishop of Martirano The Diocese of Martirano was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the village and comune of Martirano in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. It was suppressed in 1818 to the Diocese of Nicastro.

in 1560,

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in 1562,

bishop of Albano The Diocese of Albano () is a Latin suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome in Italy, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. Albano Laziale is situated on the Appian Way some from Rome. Since 1966, it has both a titular bishop and a ...

in 1587,

bishop of Sabina A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

in 1589,

bishop of Frascati The Diocese of Frascati (Lat.: ''Tusculana'') is a Latin suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, based at Frascati, near Rome. The bishop of Frascati is a Cardinal Bishop; from the Latin name of th ...

in 1591,

bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...

in 1600,

bishop of Ostia The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia is an ecclesiastical territory located within the Metropolitan City of Rome in Italy. It is one of the seven suburbicarian dioceses. The incumbent bishop is Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. For ce ...

in 1603. Tolomeo in 1595 acquired the County of Alvito (later Duchy) in southern

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, which he assigned to his nephew Tolomeo; the Gallio family held the fief until 1806.

Episcopal succession

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*Gaetano Moroni
‘GALLI Tolomeo’
in ''Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni'', (Venice: Tipografia Emiliana, 1844) XXVIII, pp. 120-121. {{DEFAULTSORT:Galli, Tolomeo 1527 births 1607 deaths 17th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Albano Cardinal-bishops of Frascati Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Cardinal-bishops of Porto Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Cardinal Secretaries of State Deans of the College of Cardinals 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops People from Cernobbio