N.1 ecclesiastical field a ROBERTO VISCONTI succeeded the archbishop of Milan Giovanni and died on 8 Aug. 1361. Later CARLO VISCONTI took part in the negotiations during the Council of Trent on behalf of Pius IV; appointed bishop of Ventimiglia on 5 Dec. 1561, then of Montefeltro on 6 July 1565, he was created cardinal on 12 March 1563 and died in the curia on 12 Nov. of the same year: his diplomatic letters are well known. GASPARE VISCONTI auditor of the Rota, then bishop of Novara on 5 Nov. 1584, succeeded on the 28th to the archbishopric of Milan after St. Charles Borromeo; died on 12 Jan. 1595. ALFONSO VISCONTI bishop of Cervia (8 Feb. 1591), then of Spoleto (10 Sept. 1606), was created cardinal on 3 March 1599; legate in the Marca and in the presidate of Ascoli (6 Oct. 1606), died at Macerata on 19 Sept. 1608. VITALIANO VISCONTI archbishop of Ephesus (11 Aug. 1604) was nuncio in Spain where he remained until 1669, although Alexander VII had created him cardinal as early as 15 Feb. 1666. Appointed archbishop of Monreale on 2 June 1670, he died there at the age of 53 on 7 Sept. 1671. FEDERICO VISCONTI, doctor of law and auditor of the Rota, was appointed archbishop of Milan on 23 June 1681 and cardinal on 1 Sept. following by Innocent XI, died at the age of 73 in Milan on 7 Jan. 1693. - See plate CXLVIII.
VISCONTI, FAMIGLIA
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