Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi

Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi (1485–1555) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Novara (1526–1550) and Archbishop of Milan (1550–1555).

Biography
Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi was born in Milan, Italy on 27 September 1485.

In 1508, he rediscovered books 1–6 of Tacitus' Annals at the Princely Abbey of Corvey.

On 2 March 1526, Arcimboldi was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Novara. On 22 May 1526, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, with Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, Archbishop of Manfredonia, and Bernardo Ruggieri, Bishop of Sora, serving as co-consecrators.

On 19 March 1550, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Archbishop of Milan, in which capacity he served until his death on 6 April 1555.

Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
 * Francesco Bernardino Simonetta, Bishop of Perugia (1540); and
 * Martín Pérez de Ayala, Bishop of Guadix (1548).

External links and additional sources

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