Andrea Cornaro (cardinal)

Andrea Cornaro (born in 1511 in Venice) was an Italian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, and later for Brescia.

[2] He was appointed administrator of the diocese until he reached the canonical age of 30; he thereafter occupied the see until his death.

[2] Pope Paul III made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of 19 December 1544.

[2] The new pope made Cardinal Cornaro papal legate in Viterbo and the Patrimonium Sancti Petri.

[2] His remains were later transferred to Venice and buried in the family tomb in San Salvador.