He studied in Rome, and obtained the degree of Doctor in utroque iure.
Pope Julius II appointed him a Canon of the Vatican Basilica, and Assessor of the commissaries of the tithe, as well as a collector of papal revenues.
[4] On 8 Nov 1531, Bartolomeo Ferratini was appointed Bishop of Sora by Pope Clement VII.
Giuliano Visconti, bishop-elect of Alba, died suddenly, at the age of thirty, on 5 January 1533.
[1] He enjoyed the prerogatives of the Bishop of Chiusi until his death in June 1534, though his service to Pope Clement as his Master of the Apostolic Palaces (Majordomo) required his personal attendance on the pope.