Giulio della Rovere

Not to be confused with Giuliano della Rovere, who became Pope Julius II.

His Eminence Giulio della Rovere
Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna
Portrait of Cardinal Giulio della Rovere.
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Ravenna
Elected	6 March 1566
Term ended	3 September 1578
Predecessor	Ranuccio Farnese
Successor	Cristoforo Boncampagni
Orders
Ordination	?
Consecration	15 April 1566 by Alessandro Farnese
Created cardinal	27 July 1547 by Paul III
Rank	Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1533-04-05)April 5, 1533 Urbino, Papal States
Died	September 3, 1578(1578-09-03) (aged 45) Fossombrone, Papal States
Buried	Monastery of Santa Chiara [it], Urbino
Parents	Francesco Maria Eleonora Gonzaga
Children	Maria Ippolito Giuliano
Coat of arms

Ordination history of Giulio della Rovere
History Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Alessandro Farnese Date 15 April 1566 Cardinalate Elevated by Paul III Date 27 July 1547
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Giulio della Rovere as principal consecrator Giovanni Oliva [it] 25 January 1568 Alessandro Mazza 1569

Giulio della Rovere, also known as Giulio Feltrio della Rovere (5 April 1533 – 3 September 1578) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and a member of the della Rovere family.

Della Rovere was the second son of Francesco Maria I della Rovere and Eleonora Gonzaga^[1] and the younger brother of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. He was made Duke of Sora and Arce in 1538.

Della Rovere was elevated to cardinal in 1548 at the age of 13.^[2]

He had two illegitimate sons: Ippolito^[3] and Giuliano. Both were later legitimised, as were their children, by Pope Pius V in 1572. Ippolito was made Marchese di San Lorenzo.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Giovanni Oliva, Archbishop of Chieti (1568); and Alessandro Mazza, Bishop of Fossombrone (1569).^[4]

References and notes

1. Ian Verstegen, Patronage and dynasty: the rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy (Truman State University Press, 2007) ^{[page needed]}
2. George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy: The Families And Descendants Of The Popes (McFarland, 2004), ^{[page needed]}.
3. Ippolito's daughter Lucrezia della Rovere married Marcantonio Lante (1566 - 1643) and had issue including Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere.
4. David M. Cheney. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. "Giulio Cardinal della Rovere". Retrieved August 28, 2017.^{[self-published source]}

Sources

• Dennistoun, James (1851). Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino. Vol. III. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1851, pp. 76-77.
• Sanfilippo, Matteo (1989). "Della Rovere, Giulio Feltrio." (in Italian). In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 37 (1989).
• Ligi, B. (1953). I vescovi e arcivescovi di Urbino. (in Italian). Urbino 1953, pp. 145-52.
• Miranda, Salvador. "DELLA ROVERE, Giulio (1533-1578)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. ^{[self-published source]}