Virgilio Rosario

Virgilio Rosario (1499 – 22 May, 1559) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Virgilio Rosario was born in Spoleto in 1499. He became a doctor of both laws. He was ordained as a priest and became rector of a parish. He then moved to Rome, becoming a canon of Sancta Maria at Martyres (i.e. the Pantheon, which was consecrated as a church in 609 AD).

On August 27, 1554, he was elected Bishop of Ischia. He was consecrated as a bishop on February 24, 1555 in the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Giovanni Michele Saraceni.

Pope Paul IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of March 15, 1557. He received the red hat and the titular church of San Simeone Profeta on March 24, 1557. He was named Vicar General of Rome perpetuo in 1558, holding this position until his death. He was a member of the commission of four cardinals charged with judging the case of Cardinal Giovanni Morone.

He died in suddenly in the Apostolic Palace in Rome on May 22, 1559. He was buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva.