Gianfrancesco Gambara

Giovann Francesco Gambara, also called Gianfrancesco (* 1533, † 1587 ), was an Italian clergyman. He came from the Lombard nobility at Brescia. His mother was his first wife, with Ranuccio Farnese, a son of Pope Paul III. , Married, the Farnese sponsored him. He studied secular and religious law in Bologna and Padua, and became a Doctor of Law. utr. ( Doctor of Laws ) doctorate. To his upbringing, his uncle took care of Cardinal Uberto Gambara. First, he was at the court of Emperor Charles V operates in Spain, from 1550. Along the Roman Curia as papal secretary under Pope Julius III and Pope Paul IV Under Pius IV he obtained in 1561 a cardinal and participated in the Council of Trent. Appointed bishop of Viterbo Under Pius V. in 1566, he founded a hospice and restored the facade of the cathedral, where he was to immortalize himself by an inscription. He was an advocate of the Catholic Counter- Reformation, a member of the Inquisition Commission and led by processes that ended with the death penalty. Under Pope Gregory XIII. Grand Inquisitor, he played a leading role in the books censorship. The new building of the Palace of the Inquisition in Rome in 1569 adorns Gambaras coat of arms, cancer (Italian Gambero ). Its most important building is the Villa Lante. In 1576 he resigned the bishopric of Viterbo, but remained in the possession of the Villa Lante. In 1585 he operated largely the choice Pope Sixtus V., died in 1587 and was buried without grave stone under the altar of the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Quercia at Viterbo.