Roman Catholic Cardinal. Born in Bologna to a noble family originally from Ravenna, Filippo Sega studied at the local university, obtaining a doctorate in utroque iure in both canon and civil laws. Named protonotary apostolic, he was appointed governor of Cesena on September 20, 1566, governor of Forlì on January 24, 1569, governor of Imola on March 3, 1571, governor of Romagna on December 15, 1572 and governor of Marche of January 1, 1575. Named auditor of the Sacred Consulta, he was elected bishop of the diocese of Ripatransone, receiving his episcopal consecration in Osimo on June 29, 1575. After serving briefly as nuncio extraordinary in Flanders, Sega was assigned as nuncio in Spain on July 8, 1577, an office which he held until April 30, 1581, during which supported Pope Gregory XIII's plan to attack England. Transferred to the see of Piacenza on October 3, 1578, he was sent again to Spain on special mission to negotiate the formation of a league against the Turks. Nuncio in Austria between January 18, 1586 and May 28, 1587, Pope Innocent IX created him cardinal priest in the consistory of December 18, 1591, receiving the red hat and the title of Sant'Onofrio only in December 1594, upon his return from France, where he had served a latere and performed the functions of nuncio, with the commission of obtaining the election of a Catholic sovereign, following the excommunication of King Henry IV by Pope Sixtus V. Favoring a complete reconciliation between the king and the Pope, upon his return to Rome, Sega was solemnly received by 37 cardinals. A fierce adversary of future saint and Church doctor, Saint Teresa of Ávila, a few years following his death, a nephew of his, Girolamo Agucchi, was likewise elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. Born in Bologna to a noble family originally from Ravenna, Filippo Sega studied at the local university, obtaining a doctorate in utroque iure in both canon and civil laws. Named protonotary apostolic, he was appointed governor of Cesena on September 20, 1566, governor of Forlì on January 24, 1569, governor of Imola on March 3, 1571, governor of Romagna on December 15, 1572 and governor of Marche of January 1, 1575. Named auditor of the Sacred Consulta, he was elected bishop of the diocese of Ripatransone, receiving his episcopal consecration in Osimo on June 29, 1575. After serving briefly as nuncio extraordinary in Flanders, Sega was assigned as nuncio in Spain on July 8, 1577, an office which he held until April 30, 1581, during which supported Pope Gregory XIII's plan to attack England. Transferred to the see of Piacenza on October 3, 1578, he was sent again to Spain on special mission to negotiate the formation of a league against the Turks. Nuncio in Austria between January 18, 1586 and May 28, 1587, Pope Innocent IX created him cardinal priest in the consistory of December 18, 1591, receiving the red hat and the title of Sant'Onofrio only in December 1594, upon his return from France, where he had served a latere and performed the functions of nuncio, with the commission of obtaining the election of a Catholic sovereign, following the excommunication of King Henry IV by Pope Sixtus V. Favoring a complete reconciliation between the king and the Pope, upon his return to Rome, Sega was solemnly received by 37 cardinals. A fierce adversary of future saint and Church doctor, Saint Teresa of Ávila, a few years following his death, a nephew of his, Girolamo Agucchi, was likewise elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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