RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Raffaele Riario

1461 - 1521

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Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario (3 May 1461 – 9 July 1521) was an Italian cardinal of the Renaissance, mainly known as the constructor of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and the person who invited Michelangelo to Rome. He was a patron of the arts. He was also the first adolescent to be elevated in the College of Cardinals in the history of the Holy See. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raffaele Riario is the 1,193rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,201st in 2019), the 1,616th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,745th in 2019) and the 349th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Raffaele Riario ranks 1,193 out of 3,187Before him are Mayta Cápac, Arnaud Amalric, Gregory III of Constantinople, Oda Nobutada, Al-Tabarani, and Johann Arndt. After him are Begga, Paul Marcinkus, Santos Abril y Castelló, Friedrich Wetter, Henri de Lubac, and Didymus the Blind.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1461, Raffaele Riario ranks 4Before him are Alexander Jagiellon, Anne of France, and Christina of Saxony.  Among people deceased in 1521, Raffaele Riario ranks 9Before him are Manuel I of Portugal, Josquin des Prez, Juan Ponce de León, Sebastian Brant, Zhengde Emperor, and Christina of Saxony. After him are Leonardo Loredan, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, Jorge Álvares, Francisco Serrão, Tamás Bakócz, and Neagoe Basarab.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Raffaele Riario ranks 1,616 out of 5,161Before him are Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio (-181), Vito Cascio Ferro (1862), Primo Carnera (1906), Dino Grandi (1895), Marcus Livius Drusus (-200), and Matteo Carcassi (1792). After him are Veronica Franco (1546), Jacopo Riccati (1676), Wacho (500), Gianfranco Zola (1966), Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma (1678), and Maria, Queen of Sicily (1363).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Raffaele Riario ranks 349Before him are Nicholas of Tolentino (1245), Giovanni Lajolo (1935), Julian Cesarini (1398), Arsenius the Great (354), Rose of Viterbo (1233), and Maria Domenica Mazzarello (1837). After him are Angelo Comastri (1943), Antipope Victor IV (1010), Felicitas of Rome (101), Praxedes (100), Francesco Barberini (1597), and Maurizio Malvestiti (1953).