Bernardo Navagero
Encyclopedia
Bernardo Navagero is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
1565) was a Venetian ambassador
Ambassador
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and a cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
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Life
Venetian patrician, son of Gianluigi Navagero and Lucrezia Agostini, he studied at the University of PaduaUniversity of Padua
The University of Padua is a premier Italian university located in the city of Padua, Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second...
. He got married with Istriana Lando, granddaughter of the doge
Doge
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Pietro Lando
Pietro Lando
Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545.He had a distinguished career as Captain-General, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the Ottoman Empire....
, but she died young.
He has been Venetian resident ambassador at the courts of emperor Charles V (1543-46), Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the East, as "The Lawgiver" , for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system...
(1550-52) and pope Paul IV
Pope Paul IV
Pope Paul IV, C.R. , né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from 23 May 1555 until his death.-Early life:Giovanni Pietro Carafa was born in Capriglia Irpina, near Avellino, into a prominent noble family of Naples...
(1555-58), and member of the Council of Ten
Council of Ten
The Council of Ten, or simply the Ten, was, from 1310 to 1797, one of the major governing bodies of the Republic of Venice whose actions were often secretive. Although some sources may indicate that the Council of Ten was generally accepted in Venice, there was some opposition...
(1552).
On 26 February 1561 he was named cardinal by pope Pius IV
Pope Pius IV
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, and he has been bishop of Verona from 1562 until his death. In 1563 he was legatus a latere at the council of Trent
Council of Trent
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He died in Verona on 13 April 1565, leaving his episcopate to his nephew Agostino Valier
Agostino Valier
Agostino Valier was an Italian Cardinal and Bishop of Verona.- Life :Valier was born in Venice. His last name is also listed as Valeri and Valieri. Son of Alberto Valier and Lucia Navageri. Nephew of Cardinal Bernardo Navagero , on his mother's side...
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