Cristoforo Madruzzo

Cristoforo Madruzzo ( born July 5, 1512 in Castel Madruzzo Kalfein; † July 5, 1578 in Tivoli ) was a Cardinal in the Renaissance.

Life

Madruzzo came from an old political family. He was the first in a series of important Bishops of Trento, who belonged to the Madruzzo family. He studied at the universities of Padua and Bologna theology and quickly rose up in the church hierarchy. In 1539, he became the Prince-Bishop of Trent, in 1542 gave him the Bishop of Brixen Christoph Fuchs von Fuchsberg episcopal ordination and after his death Madruzzo was additionally appointed as Bishop of Brixen. 1542 was his elevation to cardinal in pectore, which was not published until 1545. He first gave the title church of San Cesareo in Palatio, but changed in 1560 when Cardinal Priest first to San Crisogono and shortly thereafter to Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Madruzzo most important achievement as a bishop was the opening and the protection of the Council of Trent (1545-1563 ). Madruzzo was a politician and a faithful helper of Habsburg substantially. 1556 appointed him the King of Spain, Philip II, governor of Milan. In 1567 he left this post and resigned his episcopal chair in favor of his nephew Giovanni Ludovico Madruzzo ( 1532-1600 ), who was with the right of succession since 1550 coadjutor.

Cristoforo Madruzzo acquired after 1560 as cardinal bishop successively the bishoprics suburbicarian Albano ( 1561), Sabina (1562), Palestrina ( 1564) and Porto e Santa Rufina ( 1570). He was six participants in papal elections, namely the conclaves of 1549/50, dated April 1555 May 1555 from 1559 from 1565/1566 and 1572.

Trivia

Madruzzo was a friend of Vicino Orsini, the creator of the Sacro Bosco in Bomarzo. The Leaning House of the garden there is a dedicatory inscription: Animus quiescenod fit Prudentio ergo - Cristoforo Madruzzo prinicpi Tridentino dedicato ( By Quiet Will my spirit is wise, therefore the Madruzz Christoph, Prince of Trent dedicated ).

In the opera " Palestrina " by Hans Pfitzner Madruzzo occurs as " Christoph Madruscht ".