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Domenico della Rovere(1442 – 23 April 1501) was an Italian cardinal and patron of the arts.
Domenico della Rovere | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal-Priest ofSan Vitale(1478-79) San Clemente(1479-1501) | |
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| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1478 |
| Created cardinal | 10 February 1478 byPope Sixtus IV |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1442 |
| Died | 23 April 1501 Rome |
| Buried | Duomo di Torino,Turin |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Life
editHe was born inVinovo,nearTurin,and was not a relative ofPope Sixtus IV(Francesco Della Rovere), who, however, favoured him in the hope of establishing a link between his humbleLigurianfamily and that of the Piedmontese counts of Vinovo.[1]
In 1478 he was appointed asBishop of Tarantaisesucceeding his brother,Cristoforo.In the same year, on 10 February, he was created cardinal ofSan Vitaleby Sixtus IV (one year later he exchanged the title with that of San Clemente). Also in 1478, he received the title ofbishop of MontefiasconeandCorneto,which he kept until his death. On 19 July 1482 he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of thediocese of Geneva,during theSede vacantefollowing the death of Joannes Ludovicus de Sabaudia.[2]He was transferred to thediocese of Turinon 24 July 1482, only five days later, when the Bishop of Turin, Jean de Compoys, was transferred to Geneva.[3]
In 1483, he laid the cornerstone for the new cathedral of S. Margherita in Montefiascone, and in his Last Will and Testament in 1501 he left money to continue the work, which had barely reached the level of the main floor of the church at the time of his death.[4]
After Sixtus' death in 1484, he went to Rome to participate in thepapal conclave,which electedPope Innocent VIII.Della Rovere remained in Rome for most of the rest of his life, leaving the diocese of Turin in the hands of his vicars and procurators, including his nephew Giovanni Ludovico della Rovere. In Piedmont, he funded the Collegiate church ofSaluzzoand the rebuilding of theTurin Cathedral,as well as a new castle in Vinovo to serve as his residence. InPiazza Scossacavalli,in theBorgorioneof Rome, he commissionedPinturicchiothe decoration (including theSemi-Gods Ceiling) of thePalazzo bearing his name,whose construction he had started in 1480, perhaps under design byBaccio Pontelli.
He died in Rome on 22 April 1501, having made his Last Will and Testament earlier on the same day, before lunch.[5]He is now buried in the Turin Cathedral.
References
edit- ^François Ch. Udinet (1989).Della Rovere, Domenico(in Italian).Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani,volume 37. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed May 2018.
- ^Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914).Hierarchia catholica.Vol. Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.p. 158.
- ^Eubel, p. 247.
- ^Hans Ost,"Santa Margherita in Montefiascone: A Centralized Building Plan of the Roman Quattrocento,"The Art Bulletin,Vol. 52, No. 4 (December 1970), pp. 373-389, especially pp. 374-375, 378, 387-388.
- ^Eubel, p. 18, no. 23; p. 55, no. 639. The difference in date of death between 22 April and 23 April occurs because of the working of the 16th century Roman calendar, in which the day began at sunset. Della Rovere died two hours after sunset, which would have been 23 April at the time, but which in the modern calendar was still 22 April.
Further reading
edit- Alessi, G. C. (1984). "Biografia e bibliografia di Domenico della Rovere," in:Italia medioevale e umanistica27 (1984), pp. 175–231.(in Italian)
- Romano, Giovanni (ed.) (1990).Domenico della Rovere e il Duomo Nuovo di Torino. Rinascimento a Roma e in Piemonte.Turin: Cassa di Risparmio di Torino.(in Italian)
- Semeria, Giovanni Battista (1840).Storia della chiesa metropolitana di Torino(in Italian). Torino: Fontana.
