Biography
His dogal mandate is remembered in the annals for the strong work of opposition and crushing of the ever more numerous gangs of brigands led,among others,also by exited Genoese patricians. Among the public works there is the large wall of the moat of San Tommaso useful for supplying water to the Lagaccio powder factory. After the end of the Dogate on 23 August 1652,he was appointed perpetual procurator,later dean of the Inquisitors of State and,in January 1653,dean of the war magistrate until 1654. In that year he resigned from office to definitively leave public life for religious life,a choice that his father had already taken as an elder entering the Barnabites order. After initial attempts to dissuade him from the action by his sister Vittoria,Agostino Centurione entered the Society of Jesus,carrying out his novitiate in Chieri. Centurione died in Genoa on December 7,1657.
Simone Boccanegra was the first Doge of Genoa. He became doge in 1339, but was ousted from power six years later. He regained the position in 1356, retaining it until his death in 1363.
Antonio Maria Sauli (1541–1623) was the Archbishop of Genoa and later a Roman Catholic Cardinal, serving as the dean of the College of Cardinals for the last three years of his life.
Giovanni Battista Doria was the 50th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Agostino Spinola was the 125th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Andrea Centurione Chiariti was the 53rd Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Cristoforo Grimaldi Rosso was the 49th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Benedetto Viale was the 144th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Francesco Maria Imperiale was the 141st Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Gerolamo Chiavari was the 74th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Domenico Canevaro was the 156th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Giacomo Lomellini was the 97th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Giorgio Centurione, a Genoese patrician and the 95th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
GiaGiovanni Battista Lercari was the 106th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Giovanni Agostino Giustiniani Campi was the 78th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Lorenzo Centurione was the 143rd Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Prospero Centurione Fattinanti was the 70th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Lazzaro Grimaldi Cebà was the 81st Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Giovanni Battista Centurione was the 114th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Agostino Doria was the 83rd Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Giacomo De Franchi Toso was the 109th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
