Girolamo di Correggio

Girolamo di Corregio (1511–1572) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop. Biography Girolamo di Corregio was born in Correggio, Emilia-Romagna in 1511, the son of Giberto X, Count of Correggio and his wife Veronica Gambara. His mother was the sister of Cardinal Uberto Gambara. After studying at the University of Bologna, he moved to Rome and entered ecclesiastical life under the tutelage of his uncle Cardinal Uberto Gambara. 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. The next year he was nuncio extraordinary before Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He then entered the court of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. In 1551, he became minister plenipotentiary to Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma. 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.