Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta [SEP] place of death
Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta
Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta (1487 - 16th century) was a doge of Genoa.
Cattaneo was a procurator of the Republic of Genoa since 1533. The following year, doge Battista Lomellini appointed him as governor of Corsica. In 1536 he returned to Genoa where he established the "Officio dei Poveri" ("Office of the Poor"), a charitable institution which coordinates help to some 4,000 citizens. In 1541 he was elected as doge. During his rule he promoted several building programs (
published work.
Cristoforo Cattaneo (various).
There are various very notable persons of this name in that period. 
- Cristoforo Cattaneo della Volta was a prominent Genovese ambassador, of the Ghibelline party, active in the affairs of Gabriele Malaspina II of Fosdinovo, Tuscany (1467-1508), and in the time of the Italian War of 1494–1498.
- Cristoforo Cattaneo was a Governor of Genovese Corsica in 1490-91 (i.e. after the ceding of the island's administration to the Bank of Saint George