Giovanni Domenico de Cupis

Giovanni Domenico de Cupis
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseSuburbicarian Diocese of Ostia (e Velletri)
In office28 November 1537 – 10 December 1553
PredecessorGiovanni Piccolomini
SuccessorGian Pietro Carafa
Other postsAdministrator of Adria (1528-1553)
Archpriest of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1535-1553)
Previous postsCardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1529-1553)
Administrator of Recanati (1522-1548, 1552-1553)
Administrator of Trani (1517-1551)
Administrator of Camerino (1535-1537)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1535-1537)
Administrator of Montepeloso (1532-1537)
Bishop of Nardò (1532-1536)
Administrator of Macerata (1528-1535)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1532-1535)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1531-1532)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare (1524-1529)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1517-1529)
Orders
Consecration21 December 1531
by Pope Clement VII
Created cardinal
1 July 1517
by Pope Leo X
Personal details
Born1493 (1493)
Died10 December 1553(1553-12-10) (aged 59–60)
Rome, Papal States

Giovanni Domenico de Cupis (Cupi, Cuppi) (1493–1553) was an Italian Cardinal, created by Pope Leo X in the consistory of 1 July 1517.

Biography

He was Crown-cardinal of the Kingdom of Scotland.[1] He was a friend of Ignatius Loyola.[2]

His mother was Lucrezia Normanni, who had had a daughter Felice della Rovere by Pope Julius II before marrying Bernardino de Cupis, Giovanni Domenico's father. He owed early advancement as Bishop of Trani to Julius.[3]

He was Bishop of Albano in 1531, Bishop of Sabina in 1532, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1535 and Bishop of Ostia in 1537. Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1541.

Notes

  1. ↑ Miranda, Salvador. "DE CUPIS, Giovanni Domenico (1493-1553)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
  2. ↑ Sede Vacante 1549-1550
  3. ↑ Caroline Murphy, The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere (2005), p. 162.