Virgilio Rosario

Virgilio Rosario (1499 – 22 May 1559) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Virgilio Rosario
Cardinal-Priest of San Simeone Profeta Bishop of Ischia
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1557-1559
Predecessor	Giacomo Puteo
Successor	Bernardo Salviati
Orders
Consecration	24 February 1555 by Giovanni Michele Saraceni
Created cardinal	24 March 1557 by Pope Paul IV
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	1499 Spoleto, Italy
Died	22 May 1559
Nationality	Italian
Previous post	Bishop of Ischia (1555-1559)

Biography

Virgilio Rosario was born in Spoleto in 1499. He became a doctor of both laws.[1] He was ordained as a priest and became rector of a parish.[1] He then moved to Rome, becoming a canon of Sancta Maria at Martyres (i.e. the Pantheon, which was consecrated as a church in 609 AD).[1]

On August 27, 1554, he was elected during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Ischia.[1][2][3] He was consecrated as a bishop on February 24, 1555 in the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Giovanni Michele Saraceni with Ascanio Ferrari, Bishop Emeritus of Montepeloso and Fabio Mirto Frangipani, Bishop of Caiazzo, serving as co-consecrators.[1][3]

Pope Paul IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of March 15, 1557.[4] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Simone Profeta on March 24, 1557.[1] He was named Vicar General of Rome perpetuo in 1558, holding this position until his death.[1] He was a member of the commission of four cardinals charged with judging the case of Cardinal Giovanni Morone.[1]

He died in suddenly in the Apostolic Palace in Rome on May 22, 1559.[1] He was buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva.[1]

References

1. Miranda, Salvador. "ROSARIO, Virgilio (1499-1559)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
2. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 214. (in Latin)
3. Cheney, David M. "Virgilio Cardinal Rosario". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
4. Eubel III, p. 35, no. 12.

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Ischia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Ischia". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}