Marco Vigerio della Rovere

Marco Vigerio della Rovere (1446 – 18 July 1516) was an Italian bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church.

[1] He joined the Conventual Franciscans while his grand-uncle Francesco della Rovere (the future Pope Sixtus IV) was the Minister-General of the order.

[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Maria in Trastevere on 17 December 1505.

[1] In 1506, he accompanied the pope in the expedition against Giovanni II Bentivoglio and participated in the occupation of the Bologna.

[1] He participated in the planning of the conquest of Concordia sulla Secchia on 17 December 1510 and the victory at the Siege of Mirandola on 20 January 1511.

[1] On 29 October 1511, he opted for the order of cardinal bishops and received the Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina.