Filippo Spinola

Filippo Spinola (1 December 1535 – 20 August 1593) was an Italian Catholic bishop and cardinal.

[1] After serving the government of Genoa as a young man, Spinola moved to Rome, was ordained as a subdeacon, and became a Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura.

[1] He was consecrated as a bishop in the Pauline chapel of the Apostolic Palace by Cardinal Giambattista Cicada on 16 February 1566.

[1] Pope Gregory XIII made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 12 December 1583.

[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Sabina on 20 February 1584.