Federico Borromeo
Federico Borromeo (* August 16, 1564, † 22 September 1631 in Milan ) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He belonged to the Italian noble family of Borromeo. The cousin of the 1610 Cardinal Carlo Borromeo was canonized a literary monument promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni in his historical novel I.
To Cardinal Federico Borromeo was appointed by Pope Sixtus V.. He was assigned in Domnica the titular church of Santa Maria. 1591-93 he moved to Title Diakonia San Nicola in Carcere. Clement VIII appointed him in 1595 as Archbishop of Milan. Federico Borromeo was seriously considering to refuse the appointment because he had the feeling that they are the footsteps of his famous cousins not fair. Even his mother had always called the adolescent boys Cardinal Carlo Borromeo as a model. While Carlo Borromeo was kind of hands- Federico Borromeo however, was more reserved nature. After his cousin enabled him to study with the reform Bishop Gabriele Paleotti in Bologna, Federico even wanted to become a monk and to completely escape the worldly life. However, this was not in the sense of his family who could easily imagine the clergy for him. However, he should take a position that enabled him to continue to promote the Graf family of Borremeo. Carlo Borromeo therefore made sure that Federico received an education that corresponded more closely to a career in secular clergy.
After the death of his cousin Federico Sixtus V appointed cardinal. In the College of Cardinals, he was among the reform-minded cardinals. He took intensively in cultural, artistic and scientific life in Rome part. As Archbishop of Milan, he founded the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, which were connected to an Artist Academy and still be visited collection of paintings. As an art -promoting bishop, he was a novelty. In addition to the popes that started already in 1506 with the collection of today's Vatican Museums, such arts funding was mainly practiced by secular princes. His cardinal article of Federico Borremeo laid great emphasis on that religion was at the center of all art.