Domenico Rivarola

Domenico Rivarola (1575–1627) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.[1]

His Eminence Domenico Rivarola
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
Portrait of Cardinal Domenico Rivarola, by Sir Anthony van Dyck (c.1623-1624)
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	28 Dec 1608 by Michelangelo Tonti
Personal details
Born	1575 Genoa, Italy
Died	3 Jan 1627 (age 52)

Biography

On 28 Dec 1608, he was consecrated bishop by Michelangelo Tonti, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Metello Bichi, Bishop Emeritus of Sovana, and Valeriano Muti, Bishop of Città di Castello, serving as co-consecrators.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

• Decius Giustiniani, Bishop of Aleria (1612);
• Gilles de Souvre, Bishop of Comminges (1617);
• Francesco Maria Spinola, Bishop of Savona (1624);
• Pietro Francesco Costa, Bishop of Albenga (1624);

and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Giovanni Battista Biglia, Bishop of Pavia (1609);
• Sebastiano Roberti, Bishop of Tricarico (1609);
• Ulpiano Volpi, Archbishop of Chieti (1609);
• Francesco Mottini, Bishop of Brugnato (1609);
• Giovanni Sauli, Bishop of Aleria (1609);
• Bernardo Giustiniano, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1609);
• Antonio Albergati, Bishop of Bisceglie (1609);
• Girolamo Giovannelli, Bishop of Sora (1609);
• Hermann Ottemberg, Bishop of Arras (1611);
• Giovanni Francesco Murta (de Mirto), Bishop of Aleria (1611);
• Antonio Maria Franceschini, Bishop of Amelia (1611); and
• Antonio Ricci, Bishop of Arezzo (1611).

References

1. Miranda, Salvador. "RIVAROLA, Domenico (1575-1627)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
2. Cheney, David M. "Domenico Cardinal Rivarola". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ottavio Belmosto	Bishop of Aleria 1608–1609	Succeeded by Giovanni Sauli
Preceded by Michelangelo Tonti	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth 1609–1627	Succeeded by Antonio Lambardi
Preceded by Fernando Niño de Guevara	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti 1611–1627	Succeeded by Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo

Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) painted a portrait of Cardinal Rivarola in 1623–1624. It currently belongs to the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. A 1624 copy of this painting, also by van Dyck, is in the collection of Salsbury House and Garden, Des Moines, Iowa.