Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona

This article is about the Italian cardinal. For the Aragonese general, see Íñigo Dávalos.

His Eminence Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1591–1600
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Mileto (1566–73)
Orders
Consecration	13 October 1566 by Pope Pius V
Created cardinal	26 February 1561 by Pope Pius IV
Rank	Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born	c. 1535 Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died	20 February 1600 (aged c. 65) Rome, Papal States

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 Dukes of Montalto [es], Spanish nobility. In 1563, he constructed the Castello d'Avalos on Procida, a small island in the Gulf of Naples.^[1][2]

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'Aragona
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[3] 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:[3] Francisco Pacheco de Toledo, Bishop of Burgos (1567).

References

1. "History of Procida". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
2. "The Stability of Monuments over Coastal Cliffs in the Bay of Napoli" (PDF). UNESCO. p. 6. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
3. Cheney, David M. "Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

External links

• Miranda, Salvador. "AVALOS D'ARAGONA, O.S. Iacobis, Innico d' (1535/1536-1600)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University Libraries. OCLC 53276621.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Giovanni Battista Consiglieri	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio 1561–1563	Succeeded by Luigi d'Este
Preceded by Cesare Cibo	Administrator of Turin 1563–1564	Succeeded by Girolamo della Rovere
Preceded by Odet de Coligny de Châtillon	Cardinal-Deacon/Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Adriano al Foro 1563–1565 (Deacon) and 1565–1567 (Priest)	Succeeded by Fulvio Giulio della Corgna
Preceded by Quinzio Rustici	Bishop of Mileto 1566–1573	Succeeded by Giovan Mario de Alessandri
Preceded by Fulvio Giulio della Corgna	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina 1567–1586	Succeeded by Marcantonio Colonna (seniore)
Preceded by Antoine Perrenot de Granvella	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina 1586–1589	Succeeded by Tolomeo Gallio
Preceded by Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 1589–1591	Succeeded by Tolomeo Gallio
Preceded by Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 1591–1600	Succeeded by Tolomeo Gallio