Scipione Gonzaga
Scipione Gonzaga | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem |
| Appointed | 23 September 1585 |
| Term ended | 11 January 1593 |
| Predecessor | Gian Antonio Facchinetti |
| Successor | Fabio Blondus de Montealto |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 4 October 1585 (Bishop) by Iñigo Avalos de Aragón |
| Created cardinal | 11 December 1587 by Pope Sixtus V |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1542 |
| Died | 11 January 1593 (aged 50) San Martino dall'Argine |
| Buried | Church of Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano, San Martino dall'Argine |
Scipione Gonzaga (1542 – 1593) was an Italian cardinal, chiefly remembered for his friendship and patronage of the troubled poet Torquato Tasso and his support, against other family members, for his cousin Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.