Girolamo Bernerio

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Who is Girolamo Bernerio?

Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Bernerio was born in Corregio. He served as Bishop of Ascoli Piceno from 1586 until his resignation in 1605. He was elevated to Cardinal on 16 November 1586 and installed as the Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione the following year. He subsequently became the Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva, the Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, the Cardinal-Bishop of Albano and the Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina.

Bernario was consecrated to the episcopacy by Giulio Antonio Santorio. Through his own consecration of Galeazzo Sanvitale, Cardinal Bernerio is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI, and most modern bishops.

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