Scipione Rebiba
Scipione Rebiba | |
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| Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | |
Portrait, 16th cent. | |
| Archdiocese | Constantinople |
| See | Constantinople |
| Elected | 16 March 1541 |
| Term ended | 23 July 1577 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Ricci |
| Successor | Giacomo Savelli |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1528 by Archbishop Giovanni Carandolet |
| Consecration | 14 May 1541 by unknown |
| Created cardinal | 20 December 1555 by Pope Paul IV |
| Rank | Cardinal-Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Scipione Rebiba 3 February 1504 San Marco d’Alunzio |
| Died | 23 July 1577 (aged 73) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Scipione Rebiba (3 February 1504 – 23 July 1577) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a protégé of Gian Pietro Carafa, who became Pope Paul IV. He held a variety of positions in the Church hierarchy, including some of the most senior. He introduced the Inquisition to Naples in the 1550s and became a cardinal in 1555. He is mostly known today for having been the earliest bishop to whom most Latin Catholic bishops – including the current pope Leo XIV – can trace their apostolic succession, as it is currently unknown who consecrated Rebiba.