Paolo di Campofregoso
- Cardinal, Archbishop of Genoa
- Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1480-1489)
- Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto (1490-1498)
- Bishop of Ajaccio, Republic of Genoa (1493-1498)
by Pope Nicholas V
by Pope Sixtus IV
1427
Rome, Papal States
Paolo di Campofregoso | |
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37th Lifetime Doge of the Republic of Genoa | |
In office 14 May 1462 – 31 May 1462 | |
Preceded by | Lodovico di Campofregoso |
Succeeded by | Lodovico di Campofregoso |
In office 8 January 1463 – 16 April 1464 | |
Preceded by | Lodovico di Campofregoso |
Succeeded by | Dogeship vacant |
In office 25 November 1483 – 6 January 1488 | |
Preceded by | Battista Fregoso |
Succeeded by | Dogeship vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | 1427 Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
Died | 22 March 1498(1498-03-22) (aged 70–71) Rome, Papal States |
Paolo di Campofregoso (Genoa, 1427 – Rome, 22 March 1498) was a Genoese aristocrat and Italian Cardinal who was three times Doge of the Republic of Genoa, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Genoa from 1453 to 1498 and Bishop of Ajaccio from 1493 to 1498.[1]
Biography
The son of doge Battista Fregoso, he was convinced by Pope Nicholas V to study ecclesiastical matters at Pavia. In 1448, once finished with his studies, he was appointed canon of the cathedral of Savona, and in 1453 he became abbot of the Cistercian convent of Sant'Andrea at Savona. The same year, aged only 26, he was appointed archbishop of Genoa by request of his brother Pietro, the current doge. Pietro had become doge for the first time in 1450, succeeding his cousin Lodovico, who had resigned for unknown reasons. His rule ended in 1458 when the city surrendered itself to King Charles VII of France.
Further strife with his cousin caused Lodovico to cede the title of doge to Paolo on 14 May 1462. His rule ended after just fifteen days, as he was replaced by five captains. The latter, in turn, lasted for only a week, after which Lodovico di Campofregoso was restored as doge: now the hate between Paolo, the city's archbishop, and Lodovico, the city's political chief, reached its apex. Paolo succeeded him as doge in January 1463 and had Lodovico detained in the castle of Castelletto. The following year, after a series of questionable deeds (such as menacing the expulsion of the Adorno family from Genoa, and the endless strife within the Fregoso family), the Council of the Elders deposed him, accepting the protection of the House of Sforza, which lasted until 1477.
Life as cardinal
In 1480 he was created cardinal in Rome. In that year he participated as papal admiral for an expedition alongside the Neapolitan fleet of Ferdinand I against the Turks at Otranto. In 1483 Paolo di Campofregoso was elected as doge of Genoa for the third time; however, this time a popular rebellion forced him to flee his city in 1488, being succeeded by another submission to the Sforzas. He subsequently lived in exile in Piedmont, Veneto and Rome. In 1490 he received the cardinal title of San Sisto, and took part in the conclave of 1492.
Later years
In 1495 he resigned from archbishopric of Genoa, but the following year he was appointed to that post again. In his late life he participated in the struggle to expel Charles VIII of France from Genoa.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "FREGOSO, Paolo". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-11-05.
External links
- Marek, Miroslav. "The Republic of Genoa, rulers". Genealogy.EU. retrieved 3 May 2008
- Campofregoso Dogi; Paolo (Italian) retrieved 3 May 2008
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Preceded by | Doge of Genoa 14 May 1462 – 31 May 1462 | Succeeded by Government of Four Captains |
Preceded by | Doge of Genoa 8 January 1463– April 1464 | Succeeded by Subjection to Duchy of Milan |
Preceded by Battista Fregoso | Doge of Genoa 25 November 1483 – 6 January 1488 | Succeeded by Subjection to Duchy of Milan |
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- Simone Boccanegra
- Giovanni I di Murta
- Giovanni II Valente
- Gabriele Adorno
- Domenico di Campofregoso
- Antoniotto I Adorno
- Nicolò Guarco
- Federico di Pagana
- Leonardo Montaldo
- Giacomo Fregoso
- Antoniotto di Montaldo
- Pietro Fregoso
- Clemente Promontorio
- Francesco Giustiniano di Garibaldo
- Niccolo Zoagli
- Antonio Guarco
- Giorgio Adorno
- Barnaba Guano
- Tomaso di Campofregoso
- Isnardo Guarco
- Battista Fregoso I
- Raffaele Adorno
- Barnaba Adorno
- Giano I di Campofregoso
- Lodovico di Campofregoso
- Pietro di Campofregoso
- Prospero Adorno
- Spinetta Fregoso
- Battista Fregoso II
- Paolo di Campofregoso
- Paolo da Novi
- Giano II di Campofregoso
- Ottaviano Fregoso
- Antoniotto II Adorno
- Oberto Cattaneo Lazzari
- Battista Spinola
- Battista Lomellini
- Cristoforo Grimaldi Rosso
- Giovanni Battista Doria
- Giannandrea Giustiniani Longo
- Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta
- Andrea Centurione Pietrasanta
- Giovanni Battista De Fornari
- Benedetto Gentile Pevere
- Gaspare Grimaldi Bracelli
- Luca Spinola
- Giacomo Promontorio
- Agostino Pinelli Ardimenti
- Pietro Giovanni Chiavica Cibo
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- Paolo Battista Giudice Calvi
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- Giovanni Battista Lercari
- Ottavio Gentile Oderico
- Simone Spinola
- Paolo Giustiniani Moneglia
- Giannotto Lomellini
- Giacomo Grimaldi Durazzo
- Prospero Centurione Fattinanti
- Giovanni Battista Gentile Pignolo
- Nicolò Doria
- Gerolamo De Franchi Toso
- Gerolamo Chiavari
- Ambrogio Di Negro
- Davide Vacca
- Battista Negrone
- Giovanni Agostino Giustiniani Campi
- Antonio Grimaldi Cebà
- Matteo Senarega
- Lazzaro Grimaldi Cebà
- Lorenzo Sauli
- Agostino Doria
- Pietro De Franchi Sacco
- Luca Grimaldi De Castro
- Silvestro Invrea
- Gerolamo Assereto
- Agostino Pinelli Luciani
- Alessandro Giustiniani Longo
- Tomaso Spinola
- Bernardo Clavarezza
- Giovanni Giacomo Imperiale Tartaro
- Pietro Durazzo
- Ambrogio Doria
- Giorgio Centurione
- Federico De Franchi Toso
- Giacomo Lomellini
- Giovanni Luca Chiavari
- Andrea Spinola
- Leonardo Della Torre
- Giovanni Stefano Doria
- Giovanni Francesco I Brignole Sale
- Agostino Pallavicini
- Giovanni Battista Durazzo
- Giovanni Agostino De Marini
- Giovanni Battista Lercari
- Luca Giustiniani
- Giovanni Battista Lomellini
- Giacomo De Franchi Toso
- Agostino Centurione
- Gerolamo De Franchi Toso
- Alessandro Spinola
- Giulio Sauli
- Giovanni Battista Centurione
- Gian Bernardo Frugoni
- Antoniotto Invrea
- Stefano De Mari
- Cesare Durazzo
- Cesare Gentile
- Francesco Garbarino
- Alessandro Grimaldi
- Agostino Saluzzo
- Antonio Da Passano
- Giannettino Odone
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- Luca Maria Invrea
- Francesco Maria Imperiale Lercari
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- Luca Spinola
- Oberto Della Torre
- Giovanni Battista Cattaneo Della Volta
- Francesco Invrea
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- Francesco Maria Sauli
- Girolamo De Mari
- Federico De Franchi Toso
- Antonio Grimaldi
- Stefano Onorato Ferretti
- Domenico Maria De Mari
- Vincenzo Durazzo
- Francesco Maria Imperiale
- Giovanni Antonio Giustiniani
- Lorenzo Centurione
- Benedetto Viale
- Ambrogio Imperiale
- Cesare De Franchi Toso
- Domenico Negrone
- Gerolamo Veneroso
- Luca Grimaldi
- Francesco Maria Balbi
- Domenico Maria Spinola
- Stefano Durazzo
- Nicolò Cattaneo Della Volta
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- Nicolò Spinola
- Domenico Canevaro
- Lorenzo De Mari
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- Cesare Cattaneo Della Volta
- Agostino Viale
- Stefano Lomellini
- Giovanni Battista Grimaldi
- Gian Giacomo Veneroso
- Giovanni Giacomo Grimaldi
- Matteo Franzoni
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- Rodolfo Emilio Brignole Sale
- Francesco Maria Della Rovere
- Marcello Durazzo
- Giovanni Battista Negrone
- Giovanni Battista Cambiaso
- Ferdinando Spinola
- Pier Francesco Grimaldi
- Brizio Giustiniani
- Giuseppe Lomellini
- Giacomo Maria Brignole
- Marco Antonio Gentile
- Giovanni Battista Ayroli
- Gian Carlo Pallavicino
- Raffaele Agostino De Ferrari
- Alerame Maria Pallavicini
- Michelangelo Cambiaso
- Giuseppe Maria Doria
- Giacomo Maria Brignole (2nd time)