About Marco Vigerio della Rovere
Lived 1446 – 1516 (aged 69–70). Marco Vigerio della Rovere was a catholic priest, theologian and bishop.
Marco Vigerio della Rovere (1446 – 18 July 1516) was an Italian bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Early life Emmanuele Vigerio della Rovere was born in Savona in 1446, the son of Urbano Vigerio and Nicoletta Grosso della Rovere, a niece of Pope Sixtus IV.
Vigerio studied Christian theology at Savona.
Works As a theologian, Cardinal Vigerio wrote many works on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as works on Jesus' shroud and the spear of Longinus. His theology is thought to have influenced Raphael's famous painting Disputation of the Holy Sacrament; the cardinal appears on the right of the painting, with the Franciscan habit and a cardinal's hat.
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Marco Vigerio della Rovere was born in 1446 in Savona.
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Marco Vigerio della Rovere died on 18 July 1516 in Rome.
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Marco Vigerio della Rovere was a catholic priest, theologian and bishop.
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