Giovanni Grimani

Giovanni VI Grimani (8 July 1506, Venice - 3 October 1593, Venice) was an Italian bishop and patriarch of Aquileia.

As patriarch he initiated two diocesan synods in 1565 and 1584.

[1] He was not made a cardinal since he was suspected of welcoming some Lutheran ideas contrary to Catholic orthodoxy.

An educated man and keen collector of classical art, he also commissioned the expansion of the Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa, in which he gathered important artworks.

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Portrait of Giovanni Grimani (workshop of Jacopo and Domenico Tintoretto .