In March 1553 he was authorized to receive the tonsure, i.e. to become a cleric, notwithstanding his illegitimate birth.[4] On 26 September 1560 he graduated in utroque iure in the University of Pavia and moved to Rome.[4][1]
He took up a career in the administration of the Papal States: on 12 February 1564 he was appointed Governor of Città di Castello, on 18 January 1568 Governor of Camerino, 20 January 1568 he was appointed Protonotary apostolic, on 14 January 1470 he became Governor of Fermo.[5]
Finally on 28 August 1573 he was appointed to the important position of Governor of Rome which he held up to 29 December 1576,[5] and in 1576 he was appointed to the even more important position of General Treasurer of the Apostolic Camera, being the first Treasurer with a legal and administrative curriculum.[4]
During his long episcopate he was absent from Lodi twice: in fact he held the office of Apostolic Nuncio to Spain from January 1582 to 11 December 1585 and Apostolic Nuncio to Venice from 26 February 1592 to 23 February 1596.[7]
He resigned as bishop of Lodi for health reasons in May 1616. After his resignation, he moved to Milan where he lived in the palace now known as Palazzo Isimbardi. He died on 3 June 1617 in Milano,[8] and he was buried in the family chapel in Santa Maria della Passione church.[4] Later, his remains were moved to the Cathedral of Lodi.
Notes
^Francesco Taverna was born in 1488 in Milan. Under Francesco II Sforza he was ambassador in France and in Rome for the Duchy of Milan. He became High Chancellor of the Duchy in 1533, and was confirmed in that government up to 1556 when he was arrested for a political conspiracy. He was restored as High Chancellor in 1558,[2] and died in Milano on 14 August 1560. He was buried in Santa Maria della Passione church.[3]
References
^ abcPagano, Sergio (2008). "Introduzione". La nunziatura di Ludovico Taverna: (25 febbraio 1592-4 aprile 1596) (in Italian). Roma: Istituto Storico Italiano per l'Età Moderna e Contemporanea. pp. vii–xiv.
^"I Conti Taverna". Archivio di Stato di Milano. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^"Lettere di Benedetto Giovio". Periodico della Societa Storica per la Provincia e Antica Diocesi di Como. VIII: 142. 1891.
^ abWeber, Christoph (1994). Legati e governatori dello Stato della Chiesa [1550–1809] (in Italian). Rome: Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali. pp. 171, 206, 242, 359, 941.
