- Tolomeo Gallio
Tolomeo Gallio (Gallo) (1527-1607) was an Italian Cardinal.
In the time of
Pope Gregory XIII , he acted as papal secretary of state (in office 1572 to 1585), having a key role in the curia [Gianvittorio Signorotto, Maria Antonietta Visceglia editors, "Court and Politics in Papal Rome, 1492-1700" (2002), pp.142-3.] .He built the
Villa d'Este , in his birthplaceCernobbio , in 1568, as a summer residence; and thePalazzo Gallio ,Gravedona .He was
bishop of Martorano in 1560,archbishop of Manfredonia in 1562,bishop of Albano in 1587,bishop of Sabina in 1589,bishop of Frascati in 1591,bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1600,bishop of Ostia in 1603.Notes
External links
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1565.htm#Gallio Biography]
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*it icon [http://www.tolomeogallio.net/gallio/biografia.asp Biography]
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