{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal}} {{one source|date=March 2017}} '''Filiberto Ferrero''' (1500–1549) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
==Biography==
Filiberto Ferrero was born in Biella in 1500, the son of Goffredo Ferrero, marquis of Bordolano, and his second wife Margherita Sanseverino, marchioness of Bordolano.<ref name="bare_url">{{cite web|authorlink=Salvador Miranda (historian) |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title=FERRERO, Filiberto (1500-1549)|url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1549.htm#Ferrero|work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |accessdate=|publisher=Florida International University Libraries|oclc=53276621}}</ref> He was the nephew of Cardinals Gianstefano Ferrero and Bonifacio Ferrero.<ref name="bare_url" /> His younger brother, Pier Francesco Ferrero, also later became a cardinal, as did his nephew, Guido Luca Ferrero.<ref name="bare_url" />
On 17 May 1518 he was elected Bishop of Ivrea, serving as administrator until he reached the canonical age of 27.<ref name="bare_url" /> He occupied the see until his death.<ref name="bare_url" /> From 1528, he served as the almoner of Francis I of France.<ref name="bare_url" /> In 1530, he served as the ambassador of Charles III, Duke of Savoy to the Republic of Venice.<ref name="bare_url" /> On 12 November 1532 Pope Clement VII named him nuncio to the Duke of Savoy.<ref name="bare_url" /> He was consecrated as a bishop in Rome by his uncle Cardinal Bonifacio Ferrero on 28 December 1533.<ref name="bare_url" /> From 26 April 1537 until 11 March 1541, he was nuncio to Francis I of France.<ref name="bare_url" />
Pope Paul III made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of April 8, 1549.<ref name="bare_url" /> He received the red hat and the titular church of San Vitale on 10 May 1549.<ref name="bare_url" />
He died in Rome on 14 August 1549.<ref name="bare_url" /> He was buried in the family's tomb in Biella.<ref name="bare_url" />
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