Gian Girolamo Albani

Gian Girolamo Albani (1509–1591) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal of Albanian descent.

[2] In 1550, he became magistrate in Bergamo; during this period he made the acquaintance of Michele Ghislieri (the future Pope Pius V).

[2] This climaxed in 1563, when the sons of the Albani murdered Count Achille Brembati in Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo.

[2] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina on 20 November 1570.

[2] The new pope sent him on a number of diplomatic missions, including one to form an alliance of Christian princes against the Ottoman Empire.

Gian Girolamo Albani
Portrait of cavaliere aurato di casa Albani by Giovanni Battista Moroni .
Monument to Albani in Santa Maria del Popolo .
The coat of Arms attributed to Albani.