Giralamo Grimaldi

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name = Giralamo Grimaldi


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cardinal = 21 November 1527
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date of death = 1543
place of death = Giralamo Grimaldi (died 27 November 1543) was a member of the House of Grimaldi. He was a cardinal and Senator of the Republic of Genoa.cite web |url= http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1527-ii.htm#Grimaldi|title= Cardinals of the Holy Catholic Church|accessdate=2007-02-03]

Early life

He was the son of Benedetto Grimaldi and Pellegra Sauli. His date of birth is unknown but was probably towards the end of the 15th century. Grimaldi was a Senator of the Republic of Genoa. He married Francisca Cattaneo of Genoa, with whom he had five children.

Cardinal

Grimaldi entered the Roman Catholic Church after the death of his wife, and was appointed a cardinal in the consistory of November 21, 1527, and was enthroned S Giorgio in Velabro on April 27, 1528.

From 1528 until 1535 he was the episcopal administrator of the diocese of Brugnato. He was papal legate in Genoa in 1530 and between 1530 and 1540 Administrator of the metropolitan diocese of Bari. From 1538 until his death he was administrator of the diocese of Albenga and Legate in Romandiola. He died in Genoa on November 27, 1543, and was buried there.

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NAME=Grimaldi, Girolamo
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Cardinal and senator of Genoa
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DATE OF DEATH=1543-11-27
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