Religious Figure. He was a Roman Catholic Cardinal. Born Vincenzo Lauro, he came from an ancient noble family of ancient nobility, which by the time of his birth, had reached but scarce resources. One of seven children, three other siblings of his entered likewise holy orders. Frequenting the Universities of Naples and Padua, he earned doctorates in medicine and theology. He entered the ecclesiastical secretariat of Cardinal Pier Paolo Parisio, but it was Cardinal Nicola Gaddi who started him in the political engagements making him travel to Rome, Paris, London, Warsaw, Edinburgh and Glasgow. With diplomatic endeavors, he had the occasion to establish friendships with princes, queens and ambassadors all over Europe who esteemed him both as a physician and an ecclesiastic. Returning to Italy, he entered the service of Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, and later, he was called to Turin to become the physician of Duke Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia. Elected bishop of Mondovì, he received his episcopal consecration on May 5, 1566 and following his ingression, saw immediately to the application of the decrees of the Council of Trent. Nuncio in Savoy between November 23, 1568 until June 1, 1573, in Poland from June 1, 1573 until April 9, 1578 and again in Savoy from September 15, 1580 until May 10, 1585. He was a friend of future Saints Ignacio de Loyola, Camillo De Lellis and Filippo Neri, as well of writer Annibal Caro and future Cardinal Federico Borromeo, Pope Gregory XIII created him cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1583 with the title of Santa Maria in Via. Working aside Saint Camillo De Lellis, who had founded the Hospital of the Incurabili, he obtained from the Holy See the authorization to allow the regular clerics ministers of the infirm to wear a cape marked with a red-colored cross, which later became the symbol of the International Red Cross. Opting for the title of San Clemente on March 2, 1589, he died n Rome assisted by the named future saint in 1592, who also celebrated his funeral at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere. He lies buried in his title.