Cardinals created by Paul III
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Pope Paul III (r. 1534–1549) created 71 cardinals in twelve consistories.
18 December 1534
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21 May 1535
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- Nikolaus von Schönberg
- Girolamo Ghinucci
- Giacomo Simoneta
- John Fisher
- Jean du Bellay
- Gasparo Contarini
- Marino Caracciolo
Desiderius Erasmus was offered a cardinal's hat, but he declined.[citation needed]
22 December 1536
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- Gian Pietro Carafa
- Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte
- Ennio Filonardi
- Jacopo Sadoleto
- Cristoforo Giacobazzi
- Charles de Hémard de Denonville
- Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
- Reginald Pole
- Rodrigo Luis de Borja y de Castre-Pinós
- Girolamo Aleandro (created in pectore)
- Niccolò Caetani
18 October 1538
20 December 1538
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- Juan Álvarez de Toledo
- Pedro Fernández Manrique
- Robert de Lénoncourt
- David Beaton
- Ippolito II d'Este
- Pietro Bembo
19 December 1539
- Federigo Fregoso
- Pierre de La Baume
- Antoine Sanguin
- Uberto Gambara
- Pierpaolo Parisio
- Marcello Cervini
- Bartolomeo Guidiccioni
- Ascanio Parisani
- Dionisio Laurerio
- Enrique de Borja y Aragón
- Giacomo Savelli
- Miguel da Silva
2 June 1542
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- Giovanni Morone
- Marcello Crescenzi
- Giovanni Vincenzo Acquaviva d'Aragona
- Pomponio Cecci
- Roberto Pucci
- Tommaso Badia
- Giovanni Andrea Cortese
- Cristoforo Madruzzo
19 December 1544
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- Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva
- Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
- Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo
- Georges d'Armagnac
- Jacques d'Annebaut
- Otto Truchsess von Waldburg
- Andrea Cornaro
- Francesco Sfondrati
- Federico Cesi
- Durante Duranti
- Niccolò Ardinghelli
- Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro
- Tiberio Crispo
16 December 1545
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27 July 1547
9 January 1548
8 April 1549
References
Additional sources
- Jos E. Vercruysse (2000). "DIE KARDINÄLE VON PAUL III". Archivum Historiae Pontificiae (in German). 38: 41–96. JSTOR 23564681.
- Miranda, Salvador. "Consistories for the creation of Cardinals 16th Century (1503-1605): Paul III". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.