Simone Pasqua

Simone Pasqua (1492–1565) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Biography

Simone Pasqua was born in Taggia on November 17, 1492.^[1] He studied medicine, Christian theology, and earned a doctorate in Latin and Greek.^[1]

Early in his ecclesiastical career, he was a cleric in Genoa.^[1] The pope made him papal ambassador to the Republic of Genoa.^[1] The pope then despatched him as the pope's ambassador to congratulate Philip II of Spain on his marriage to Mary I of England.^[1] Pope Pius IV, who had known Pasqua since childhood, made Pasqua the pope's personal physician.^[1]

On February 14, 1561, he was elected to be Bishop of Luni-Sarzana and he was subsequently consecrated as a bishop.^[1] He attended the Council of Trent 1562-63, having arrived in Trento on December 1, 1561.^[1]

Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of March 12, 1565.^[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Sabina on May 15, 1565^[1] On September 4, 1565, he opted for the titular church of San Pancrazio.^[1]

He died in the Apostolic Palace on September 4, 1565.^[1] He was buried in San Pancrazio; his remains were later transferred to Santa Maria della Pace.^[1]