Girolamo di Corregio (1511–1572) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Girolamo di Corregio was born in Correggio, Emilia-Romagna in 1511, the son of Giberto X, Count of Correggio and his wife Veronica Gambara.[1] His mother was the sister of Cardinal Uberto Gambara.[1]
After studying at the University of Bologna, he moved to Rome and entered ecclesiastical life under the tutelage of his uncle Cardinal Uberto Gambara.[1] In 1545, Pope Paul III made him nuncio extraordinary to Francis I of France to express condolences for the death of Francis' son Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans.[1] The next year he was nuncio extraordinary before Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.[1] He then entered the court of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese.[1] In 1551, he became minister plenipotentiary to Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma.[1] He was later despatched to treat with Philip II of Spain to restore Piacenza to the Duchy of Parma; because of his success, the Duke of Parma gave him castles in Medsano and Correggio.[1]
Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of 262 February 1561; he was promoted to the order of cardinal priests on 2 June 1561.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina on 3 June 1561.[1] On 5 May 1562 he opted for the titular church of Santo Stefano Rotondo.[1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V.[1] On 14 May 1568 he opted for the titular church of San Martino ai Monti.[1]
He was elected Archbishop of Taranto on 13 May 1569.[1] On 22 January 1570 he was consecrated as a bishop in the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Otto Truchsess von Waldburg, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg, assisted by Antonio Helius, titular patriarch of Jerusalem, and Marcantonio Maffei, Archbishop of Chieti.[1][2]
He opted for the titular church of Santa Prisca on 9 June 1570 and then for Sant'Anastasia on 3 July 1570.[1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1572 that elected Pope Gregory XIII.[1] In 1572, he was extraordinary legate responsible for fortifying Ancona against the maritime threat from the Ottoman Empire.[1]
He died in Rome on 9 October 1572.[1] He was buried in San Silvestro al Quirinale.[1]
