Luigi Cornaro (12 February 1517 – 10 May 1584) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
[1] As a young man, he joined the Knights Hospitaller, becoming Grand Prior of Cyprus, an office he later resigned in favor of his younger brother Federico Cornaro.
[1] He resigned the government of Zadar on 17 July 1555 in favor of his secretary, Muzio Callini.
[1] On 26 February 1561 he opted for the order of cardinal priests, and on 21 June 1564 received the titular church of San Marco.
[1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V.[1] He opted for the titular church of San Vitale on 2 June 1568.