Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragonia

Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragonia (1550–1604) was a Sicilian cardinal and bishop.

Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragonia was born in Castelvetrano, a family fief near Mazara del Vallo, Kingdom of Sicily on 20 May 1550, the son of Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, Viceroy of Sicily, and his wife Margherita Ventimiglia.

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

[1] He did not participate in the papal conclave of 1585 that elected Pope Sixtus V.[1] He received the red hat and the deaconry of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri on 20 May 1585.

[1] On 9 December 1592 he opted for the titular church of Sant'Anastasia; then for Saint Jerome of the Croats on 18 August 1597; then for Santa Prassede on 21 February 1600; and then for San Lorenzo in Lucina on 30 August 1600.