TARUGI, FRANCESCO MARIA. – Cardinal, b. at Montepulciano on 27 Aug. 1525, d. at Rome on 11 June 1608.
A nephew of Julius III and a kinsman of Marcellus II, brilliant, cultured, and affable, he was early directed toward a curial career. In 1505, captivated by the charm of St Philip Neri, he entered the Congregation of the Oratory. In 1571 he accompanied Cardinal Bonelli on his journey to the sovereigns of Europe for the league against the Turks. In 1586 he founded the Oratory of Naples, where he remained until 1592, when Clement VIII named him Archbishop of Avignon.
He adorned that see with his virtues and zeal in applying the Tridentine reform and in converting heretics; he introduced the Filippine Oratory into France, from which later arose the Congregation of the French Oratory. In June 1596 he was raised to the purple, and in 1597 was transferred to the see of Siena. That year he effected a peace between the dukes of Parma and Mantua. T. was, with Baronius, one of the most distinguished glories of the Oratory and among the most beloved sons of St Philip. In 1606 he resigned the see of Siena and chose to retire among his confreres at Vallicella.