Guido Luca Ferrero (18 May 1537 – 16 May 1585) was anItalianRoman Catholicbishop andcardinal.
Guido Luca Ferrero was born inTurin on 18 May 1537, the son of Sebastiano Ferrero,signore ofCasalvolone andVillata, and his wife Maddalena Borromeo, daughter of Federico Borromeo, 6thcount ofArona and a member of theHouse of Borromeo.[1] He was the grand-nephew of CardinalsGianstefano Ferrero andBonifacio Ferrero; the nephew of CardinalsFiliberto Ferrero andPier Francesco Ferrero; and the cousin of CardinalCharles Borromeo.[1]
He was educated by his uncle Cardinal Pier Francesco Ferrero.[1] He spokeLatin andGreek well.[1]
In 1559, he became adomestic prelate and areferendary of theApostolic Signatura.[1] In 1560 he was appointed Abbot commendatory ofS. Michele di Chiusa.[2] He was also Abbot of S. Michele in Gaviano, where he founded a seminario in 1571. From 1570 to 1585 Guido Ferrero was Prior of Chamonix.[3]
He was electedBishop of Vercelli on 2 March 1562 and he was subsequentlyconsecrated as a bishop.[1] In his episcopal capacity he participated in the XXV Session of theCouncil of Trent.[4] In 1564, he becamenuncio to theRepublic of Venice.[1]
Pope Pius IV made him acardinal deacon in theconsistory of 12 March 1565.[1] He participated in thepapal conclave of 1565–66 that electedPope Pius V.[1][5] He received thered hat and thedeaconry ofSant'Eufemia (atitular church declared a deaconrypro illa vice) on 8 February 1566.[1] On 6 March 1566 he opted for the deaconry ofSanti Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia.[1] He participated in thepapal conclave of 1572 that electedPope Gregory XIII.[1][6] He resigned the government of the Diocese of Vercelli sometime before 17 October 1572, and was given in exchange the Monastery of S. Silvestro di Nonantola, near Modena (1573–1582).[1][7]
He was governor ofSpoleto from 1572 to 1578.[1] He becamePrior of Santa Maria di Pellionex in 1572, andprovost of San Martino degli Umiliati,Vercelli in 1575.[1] On 25 October 1581 he was appointedpapal legate inRomagna.[1] He was named Governor ofFaenza ca. 1583.[1] He participated in thepapal conclave of 1585 that electedPope Sixtus V.[1][8]
Cardinal Guido owned the Villa Ruffinella in Frascati from 1578 to 1585. On 10 May 1585 he donated the villa (reserving lifetime tenancy) to a college of scholars which he had founded in Torino. He also was the possessor of the remains of the Baths of Constantine, where later was built the Consulta and the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi.[9]
He died inRome on 16 May 1585.[1] He was buried in theBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.[1][10]
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