Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona (original) (raw)

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This article is about the Italian cardinal. For the Aragonese general, see Íñigo Dávalos.

17th-century Catholic cardinal

His EminenceInnico d'Avalos d'Aragona
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Church Catholic Church
In office 1591–1600
Previous post(s) Bishop of Mileto (1566–73)
Orders
Consecration 13 October 1566by Pope Pius V
Created cardinal 26 February 1561by Pope Pius IV
Rank Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born c. 1535Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died 20 February 1600(aged c. 65)Rome, Papal States

Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona (1535/36–1600) was an Italian Cardinal, from Naples.

He was the son of condottiero Alfonso d'Avalos and Maria d'Aragona, from the family of the Dukes of Montalto [es], Spanish nobility. In 1563, he constructed the Castello d'Avalos on Procida, a small island in the Gulf of Naples.[1][2]

After a period as lay administrator (he was for a while Chancellor of the Kingdom of Naples, he was made bishop of Mileto in 1566, bishop of Sabina in 1586, bishop of Frascati in 1589, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1591.

In Spain, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva.

Episcopal succession

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  1. ^ "History of Procida". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ^ "The Stability of Monuments over Coastal Cliffs in the Bay of Napoli" (PDF). UNESCO. p. 6. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Cheney, David M. "Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byGiovanni Battista Consiglieri Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio 1561–1563 Succeeded byLuigi d'Este
Preceded byCesare Cibo Administrator of Turin 1563–1564 Succeeded byGirolamo della Rovere
Preceded byOdet de Coligny de Châtillon Cardinal-Deacon/Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Adriano al Foro 1563–1565 (Deacon) and 1565–1567 (Priest) Succeeded byFulvio Giulio della Corgna
Preceded byQuinzio Rustici Bishop of Mileto 1566–1573 Succeeded byGiovan Mario de Alessandri
Preceded byFulvio Giulio della Corgna Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina 1567–1586 Succeeded byMarcantonio Colonna (seniore)
Preceded byAntoine Perrenot de Granvella Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina 1586–1589 Succeeded byTolomeo Gallio
Preceded byAlfonso Gesualdo di Conza Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 1589–1591 Succeeded byTolomeo Gallio
Preceded byAlfonso Gesualdo di Conza Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 1591–1600 Succeeded byTolomeo Gallio