1. Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario 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.
14 Facts About Raffaele Riario
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Raffaele Riario was the first adolescent to be elevated in the College of Cardinals in the history of the Holy See.
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Raffaele Riario was then only sixteen years old and a student of canon law at the University of Pisa.
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In 1484, Raffaele Riario was engaged in the war which broke out between the Orsini and the Colonna family, trying to secure in vain the life of his friend Lorenzo Oddone Colonna, who was charged of having murdered an Orsini and was executed by Sixtus IV.
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Raffaele Riario was a candidate for the papal tiara in the Conclave of 1492, but excluded from the first ballots due to his young age.
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Raffaele Riario finally voted for Rodrigo Borgia, receiving the lucrative Bishopric of Cartagena as a reward for his support.
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Cardinal Raffaele Riario refused to participate in the plot but was at least aware of Petrucci's intentions to murder the Pope and did nothing to prevent it.
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Raffaele Riario's tomb is located in the Basilica dei Santi Apostoli in Rome.
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Raffaele Riario is credited for noticing the talent of the young Michelangelo.
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Raffaele Riario is generally considered a prelate typical of his era: indifferent in religious matters, rather a statesman than a priest, rather a Maecenas than a theologian.
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Raffaele Riario appears in seasons 2 and 3 of the 2016 Medici tv series.
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Raffaele Riario is played by Francesco di Raimondo in season 2 and Loris De Luna in season 3.
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Raffaele Riario is played by American actor Scott William Winters in all three seasons of the Borgia television series, which aired in 2011 to 2014.
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Raffaele Riario is a major character in the manga Cesare: Creator of Destruction, which focuses on Cesare Borgia's year studying at the University of Pisa in the year before his father was elected as Pope Alexander VI.