Filippo Boncompagni

Filippo Boncompagni
Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeSanta Maria Maggiore
In office1581 – 9 June 1586
PredecessorAlessandro Sforza
SuccessorDecio Azzolini, Sr.
Other postCardinal-Priest of San Sisto (1572-1586)
Orders
Created cardinal2 June 1572
by Pope Gregory XIII[1]
Personal details
Born(1548-09-07)7 September 1548
Died9 June 1586(1586-06-09) (aged 37)
Rome, Papal States

Filippo Boncompagni (7 September 1548 – 9 June 1586) was an Italian Cardinal, created by Pope Gregory XIII (his uncle) on 2 June 1572.[2]

Biography

Born in Bologna, son of Bolognese Patricians Boncompagno Boncompagni (1504 - 1587) and wife Cecilia Bargellini and brother of Angela Boncompagni, wife of Girolamo Pepoli, without issue. His father was brother of Pope Gregory XIII, Giacoma Boncompagni, married secondly to Angelo Michele Guastavillani (parents of Girolamo Guastavillani, married to Orsina Bentivoglio, relative of her brother-in-law, and had issue, Cardinal Filippo Guastavillani and Isabella Guastavillani, married in 1573 to Protesilao Malvezzi (bap. 22 July 1556 - 23 June 1623), relative of his sister-in-law, and had issue),[3] and another married sibling, children of Cristoforo Boncompagni (10 July 1470 – 1546) and wife Angela Marescalchi, and paternal grandchildren of Giacomo Boncompagni and wife Camilla Piattesi.[4]

He served as superintendent general of the Papal States (Cardinal-Nephew) during his pontificate (1572–85). He occupied several curial offices (grand penitentiary, prefect of the S.C. of the Tridentine Council). He participated in the papal conclave, 1585 as a leader of the cardinals created by Gregory XIII. He was buried in the Liberian Basilica, of which he was archpriest.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Filippo Cardinal Boncompagni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  2. ^ Pasqualoni, E (July 2010). "Cardinal Filippo Guastavillani (1541-1587): Studies on the artistic patronage of the second cardinal nepote "created" by Pope Gregory XIII". Arte Cristiana. 95 (7): 23–44 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "GUASTAVILLANI, Filippo (1541-1587)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University Libraries. OCLC 53276621.
  4. ^ Borromeo 2002, p. 663.

Sources

  • Borromeo, Agostino (2002). "Gregory XIII". In Levillain, Philippe (ed.). The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. Vol. II: Gaius-Proxies. Routledge. pp. 663–665.