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Alessandro Riario (1543–1585) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. ==Biography== Alessandro Riario was born in Bologna on December 3, 1543, the son of patricians Palatine Count Giulio Riario, and Isabella Pepoli.〔(Entry from Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church )〕 He was related by marriage to Pope Gregory XIII.〔 He was educated at the University of Padua and then at the University of Bologna, becoming a doctor of both laws on May 11, 1563.〔 As a young man, he moved to Rome where he became a protonotary apostolic and a Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura.〔 Pope Pius IV made him a domestic prelate.〔 On May 1, 1562, he became secretary apostolic.〔 He served as auditor general of the Apostolic Signatura from April 3, 1565 to 1578.〔 On November 8, 1570, he was elected Titular Patriarch of Alexandria.〔 He accompanied Cardinal Michele Bonelli in 1571 on his legation to Spain, the Kingdom of Portugal, and the Kingdom of France designed to promote a league against the Ottoman Empire.〔 Riario was consecrated as a bishop in the Sistine Chapel on August 24, 1572 by Cardinal Benedetto Lomellini.〔 Pope Gregory XIII made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of February 21, 1578.〔 He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli on March 3, 1578.〔 Along with Cardinal Francesco Crasso and other prelates, he was charged with reforming the Roman Curia.〔 On March 23, 1580, he was named legate ''a latere'' before Philip II of Spain.〔 He became Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in May 1581.〔 He became legate ''a latere'' to the Kingdom of Portugal on October 25, 1581, and served as legate ''a latere'' in Perugia and Umbria from October 25, 1581 to 1583.〔 He participated in the papal conclave of 1585 that elected Pope Sixtus V.〔 He died in Rome on July 18, 1585.〔 He was initially buried in Santi Apostoli.〔 His remains were later transferred to Bologna and buried in the Church of San Giacomo.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alessandro Riario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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