Agustín de Spínola Basadone

Agustín de Spínola Basadone
His Eminence; Agustín de Spínola Basadone
	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola; Archbishop of Seville
	Engraving by William van der Gouwen
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	30 Apr 1623; by Andrés Pacheco

Agustín de Spínola Basadone (Genoa, 1597 – Seville, 1649) was a Spanish cardinal and statesman in the service of Philip IV.

He was the son of Ambrogio Spinola, one of the greatest military commanders of his time.
Agustín pursued a career within the church. He was Protonotary apostolic until 1621, when he was made a Cardinal by Pope Paul V. He was Bishop of Tortosa in 1623, Archbishop of Granada in 1626 and Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela in 1630. He stayed in Rome between 1630 and 1635 and was the Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals in 1632 and 1633. In 1637 Spinola is called to the Spanish Court as a councillor. In 1643, he is captain-general of Galicia during 3 months. In 1645 he becomes Archbishop of Seville until his death in 1649.[1]

Cardinal Spinola didn't participate in any of the Papal conclaves of his time (1621-1623-1644).

References

Cheney, David M. "Agustín Cardinal Spínola Basadone". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Luis Tena	Bishop of Tortosa 1623–1626	Succeeded by Justino Antolínez Burgos
Preceded by Flaminio Piatti	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano 1623–1631	Succeeded by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore)
Preceded by Garcerán Albañell	Archbishop of Granada 1620–1626	Succeeded by Miguel Santos de Sampedro
Preceded by José González Díez	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela 1630–1645	Succeeded by Fernando Andrade Sotomayor
Preceded by Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola 1631–1649	Succeeded by Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (iuniore)
Preceded by Gaspar de Borja y Velasco	Archbishop of Seville 1645–1649	Succeeded by Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga

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[1] Cheney, David M. "Agustín Cardinal Spínola Basadone". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}