Name Cristoforo Giacobazzi | ||
Cristoforo Giacobazzi (died 1540) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Giacobazzi was born in Rome, the son of Jacomo Giacobazzi and Camilla de Astallis. He was the nephew of Cardinal Domenico Giacobazzi, who took responsibility for Cristoforo's education.
On February 21, 1517, he became a canon of the cathedral chapter of St. Peter's Basilica. He was elected bishop of Cassano on March 23, 1523 when his uncle resigned the see in his favor. He later became an auditor of the Roman Rota. From October 1534 to December 1536, he was a datary. On August 23, 1535, he was named to a commission charged with studying reform of the Roman Curia.
Pope Paul III created him a cardinal priest in the consistory of December 22, 1536. He received the red hat on December 23, 1536, and the titular church of Sant'Anastasia on January 15, 1537. On September 6, 1537, he opted for the titular church of Sant'Eustachio, a deaconry raised pro illa vice to title, though he maintained his former titular church in commendam.
On December 10, 1537 he, along with Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, was named papal legate to restore the peace between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Francis I of France (though the cardinals were not informed of the legation until the consistory celebrated in Piacenza on April 30, 1538). On April 21, 1539, he was made legate to Perugia and Umbria.
He died in Perugia on October 7, 1540 and was buried there.