Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
Giovanni Battista Cicala Coat of arms of Cardinal Giovanni Battista CicalaGiovanni Battista (or Giambattista ) Cicala (1510–1570) was an Italian Roman
Catholic bishop and cardinal .
Biography
Giovanni Battista Cicala was born in Genoa on 6 June 1510, the son of Edoardo Cicala.[ 1] Cybo and Doria families.[ 1] Odoardo Cicala , who later became Bishop of Sagona .[ 1]
Cicala moved to Rome , where he was named Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura .[ 1] abbreviator of apostolic letters.[ 1] auditor of the Apostolic Camera .[ 1]
On 5 December 1543 he was named administrator of the see of Albenga , while retaining the office of auditor.[ 1] consecrated as a bishop on 21 December 1543 in the Sistine Chapel .[ 1] Council of Trent .[ 1]
Pope Julius III made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 20 November 1551.[ 1] red hat and the titular church of San Clemente on 4 December 1551.[ 1] papal legate in Campagna .[ 1] [ 1] see of Mariana from 30 March 1554 until 13 September 1560, when he resigned in favor of his nephew Nicola Cicala.[ 1]
He was a participant in the papal conclave of April 1555 that elected Pope Marcellus II ; the papal conclave of May 1555 that elected Pope Paul IV ; and the papal conclave of 1559 that elected Pope Pius IV .[ 1]
With Cardinals Giovanni Michele Saraceni and Gianbernardino Scotti , he was charged with resolving a dispute between the Canons Regular of the Lateran and the Benedictines of Monte Cassino , resolving the issue in favor of the former.[ 1] see of Sagona from 1565 to 1567.[ 1] Sant'Agata dei Goti on 7 November 1565.[ 1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V .[ 1]
In 1567, he replaced Cardinal Michele Bonelli as the man in charge of examining the cause for the canonization of Diego di San Nicola .[ 1] cardinal bishops , receiving the suburbicarian see of Sabina .[ 1]
He died in Rome on 8 April 1570.[ 1] Santa Maria del Popolo .[ 1]
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