Ferrarius, Johannes Baptista

Name:

Ferrarius, Johannes Baptista Variant names:

• Ferrari, Giovanni Battista
• Ferrario, Giovanni Battista

Biographical Details:

He was born in Modena to the notary Giovanni and Verde Alberghetti, in an unspecified year between 1445 and 1451. Since 1496 he was the powerful Datarius of the Roman Curia, regent of the assignments of benefits and handouts. In September 1500 he was created cardinal. He died in Rome on 20 July 1502, poisoned by his servant Sebastiano Pinzoni da Cremona.

Further Information:

See FERRARI, Giovanni Battista by Paolo Cherubini, 'Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani', Vol. 46 (1996).

Categorisation:

Dates: unknown year to 1502 Century: 15th century AD to 16th century AD Geographical area: Italy Place: Modena [Geonames ID cnl00011758] Period: Humanist Characterisation: Aristocracy; religious

Works:

• dedicatee
  1. tit00409000 Totis, Timotheus de Oratio in funere Ludovici de Ferraria. Add: Sermones duo coram Alexandro VI.

Gender:

Male

Death Year:

1502

Author Id:

14692