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Giovanni Colonna
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro
Bishop of Rieti
Archpriest of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
ChurchRoman Catholic
SeeRieti
PredecessorAngelo Capranica
SuccessorPompeo Colonna
Personal details
Born1456
Rome, Papal States
Died26 September 1508 (age 51/52)
Rome, Papal States

Giovanni Colonna (1456 – 26 September 1508) was a Roman Catholic cardinal of the High Renaissance period, a member of the famous Colonna family.

Biography

Colonna was born in Rome in 1456, a grandson of Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, Count of the Marsi [it; ru].

He was created a cardinal by Pope Sixtus IV in the consistory of 15 May 1480 and was made bishop of Rieti on 10 November of that year. He participated in the conclaves of 1484, 1492, September 1503 and October 1503. Colonna died in 1508. Colonna's funeral oration was written by Battista Casali. Giovanni Colonna's nephew Pompeo Colonna succeeded him as Bishop of Rieti.

Cultural depictions

Cardinal Colonna appears in the 2011 TV series Borgia, played by Karel Dobrý.

References

  1. Westerveld, Govert (July 28, 2015). "The Ambassador Juan Ramírez de Lucena, the father of the chessbook writer Lucena". Lulu.com – via Google Books.
  2. Miranda, Salvador. "COLONNA, Giovanni (1456-1508)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
  3. Cheney, David M. "Giovanni Cardinal Colonna". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  4. Colonna, Stefano (November 7, 2012). "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili e Roma: Metodologie euristiche per lo studio del Rinascimento". Gangemi Editore spa – via Google Books.
  5. Lowe, K. J. P. (September 5, 2002). "Church and Politics in Renaissance Italy: The Life and Career of Cardinal Francesco Soderini, 1453-1524". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
  6. Bietenholz, Peter G.; Deutscher, Thomas Brian (January 1, 2003). "Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation". University of Toronto Press – via Google Books.
  7. Creighton, Mandell (December 7, 2011). "A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro
1480–1508 		Succeeded byLuigi d'Aragona
Preceded byFazio Gallerani Administrator of Rieti
1480–1508 		Succeeded byPompeo Colonna
Preceded byGiuliano della Rovere Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
1503–1508 		Succeeded byAlessandro Farnese
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