Background
Venetian patrician, son of Gianluigi Navagero and Lucrezia Agostini, he studied at the University of Padua.
ambassador cardinal Diplomat Catholic priest
Venetian patrician, son of Gianluigi Navagero and Lucrezia Agostini, he studied at the University of Padua.
On 26 February 1561 he was named cardinal by pope Pius IV, and he has been bishop of Verona from 1562 until his death. In 1563 he was legatus a latere at the council of Trent.
He has been Venetian resident ambassador at the courts of emperor Charles V (1543-1546), Suleiman the Magnificent (1550-1552) and pope Paul IV (1555-1558), and member of the Council of Ten (1552).