Giovanni Arcimboldi

Giovanni Arcimboldi (died 1488) (called the Cardinal of Novara or the Cardinal of Milan) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Giovanni Arcimboldi was born in Parma or Milan in 1421 or 1426. He was the son of Nicolò Arcimboldo (maestro delle Entrate Straordinarie of Filippo Maria Visconti) and his wife Orsina Canossa (descendant of the family of Matilda of Tuscany).

He was educated at the University of Pavia, receiving a doctorate of both laws in 1458. He also studied letters under Italian Renaissance humanist Francesco Filelfo and later maintained a correspondence with Filelfo.

Early in his life, he married Briseide Pietrasanta, and had a daughter, Briseide Arcimboldi. He also later fathered nine illegitimate children.

In July 1458, through the influence of Francesco I Sforza, he gained admission to Milan's prestigious Collegio di Giureconsulti. He afterwards became a Senator of the Duchy of Milan. Francesco I Sforza sent Arcimboldi to Rome as his ambassador to the Holy See.

After the death of his wife, Arcimboldi entered the ecclesiastical state. He received the four minor orders in September 1461. On September 20, 1466, he was ordained as a subdeacon by the suffragan bishop of Milan. In October 1466, Pope Paul II made him a protonotary apostolic. He also beame a canon of Pavia Cathedral and Piacenza Cathedral at this time.

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