Feliciano Ninguarda

Felizian Ninguarda (* 1524 in Morbegno, † June 5, 1595 in Como) was Bishop of Scala, Sant'Agata de ' Goti and Como, governor in the Bishopric of Regensburg and Apostolic Nuncio of Upper Germany.

Felizian Ninguarda belonged to the Dominican Order and is one of the perennial powers of the Counter-Reformation. He represented the Archbishop of Salzburg in 1562 at the Council of Trent. He enjoyed the confidence of Pope Gregory XIII. , Who appointed him on June 13, 1580 as governor of the Bishopric of Regensburg. There he represented the three year Prince Bishop Philip of Bavaria with the binding of one indebted Hochstift to the Duchy of Bavaria hoped to be able to hold their own against the predominantly Protestant Regensburg can. He held since 1574 as papal Visitor in the diocese of Regensburg, where he was received by the Landgrave of Leuchtenberg due. As nuncio, he traveled through Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland.