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Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona

1536 – 1600

Catholic cardinal

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Lived 1536 – 1600 (aged 63–64). Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona was a catholic priest and bishop.

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 , Spanish nobility. In 1563, he constructed the Castello d'Avalos on Procida, a small island in the Gulf of Naples.

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 Episcopal succession of Innico d'Avalos d'AragonaWhile bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: Francesco Cittadini, Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1569); Girolamo Rustici, Bishop of Tropea (1570); Lelio Zibramonti, Bishop of Alba (1583); Maffeo Venier, Archbishop of Corfù (1583); Scipione Gonzaga, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1585); and the principal co-consecrator of: Francisco Pacheco de Toledo, Bishop of Burgos (1567).

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Important facts

Born
1536, Naples
Birth century
Positions held
Cardinal, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Bishop of Mileto, Cardinal bishop of Sabina

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When was Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona born?

Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona was born in 1536 in Naples.

When did Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona die?

Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona died on 20 February 1600 in Rome.

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Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona was a catholic priest and bishop.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona

· Wikidata: Q1092382

· DBpedia: Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona

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