Archangelo de' Bianchi
Archangelo de' Bianchi (October 4, 1516 – January 18, 1580) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Life and church
Archangelo de' Bianchi was born in Gambolò, the son of Luigi Bianchi and Santina Panizzari. He was from a well-to-do family. At a young age, he entered the Dominican Order at Vigevano. He studied at the Monastery of San Domenico in Bologna, receiving a doctorate in Christian theology in 1527.
After he was ordained as a priest, he was assigned by his superiors to accompany Cardinal Michele Ghislieri, the future Pope Pius V, in many of his missions. In 1559, he became Prior of Santa Maria della Grazie. He became a Commissary of the Roman Inquisition in 1564.
On September 16, 1566, he was elected Bishop of Teano. He was consecrated as a bishop in the Sistine Chapel by Scipione Rebiba, Archbishop of Pisa, on September 21, 1566.
Pope Pius V made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of May 17, 1570. He received the red hat and the titular church of San Cesareo in Palatio on July 3, 1570. The pope named Cardinal de' Bianchi his confessor. He was present at the pope's death and took his last confession.
He participated in the papal conclave of 1572 that elected Pope Gregory XIII. The new pope made him Prefect of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. He resigned the government of his diocese sometime before September 18, 1575.
He died in Rome. He was buried in Santa Sabina.
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