Cristoforo della Rovere [SEP] position held
Cristoforo della Rovere
Cristoforo della Rovere (13 June 1434 – 1 February 1478) (called the Cardinal of Tarentaise) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography.
A member of the House of della Rovere, Cristoforo della Rovere was born in Turin on June 13, 1434, the son of Giovanni della Rovere and Anna del Pozo. His younger brother, Domenico della Rovere, also became a cardinal.
He was educated at the University of Bologna, receiving a doctorate in law. He then
Rovere family, counts of Vinovo, among them:
- Domenico della Rovere of Vinovo, cardinal, who built the there
- his brother Cristoforo della Rovere of Vinovo
and various artists, including:
- the brothers Giovan Battista Della Rovere and Giovan Mauro Della Rovere, both known as "il Fiamminghino"
- an unrelated Lombard family of painters and illuminators active in the seventeenth century.
Further reading.
- Ian Verstegen, "Patronage and Dynasty: the Rise of the Della Rovere in Renaissance Italy