Giovanni Battista Consiglieri was born in
Rome in 1491, the son of Baldassare Consiglieri and Mariana de Statis. He studied
literature,
Ancient Greek, and
Latin. As a young man, he married and had two daughters. He entered the church after his wife's death and became a
protonotary apostolic, rising to be President of the
Apostolic Signatura.
Pope Paul IV made him a
cardinal deacon in the
consistory of 15 March 1557. He received the
red hat and
deaconry of
Santa Lucia in Septisolio on 24 March 1557. On 16 December 1558 he opted for the deaconry of
San Nicola in Carcere. He died in Rome on 25 August 1559, during the
sede vacante. He was buried in his deaconry. ==See also==