Giles of Viterbo

His Eminence

Giles Antonini, O.E.S.A.
His Eminence; Giles Antonini, O.E.S.A.
Cardinal Priest of San Marcello al Corso
	Cardinal Bishop Giles of Viterbo,; 17th-century fresco in the Priori Palace, Viterbo, Italy.
Province	Holy See
Diocese	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania
Installed	2 December 1523
Term ended	12 November 1532
Predecessor	Ottaviano Visconti Riario
Successor	Giampietro Grassi
Other post(s)	Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine (June 1507 – February 1519); Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (8 August 1524 – 19 December 1530); Bishop of Lanciano (10 April 1532 – 12 November 1532);
Orders
Ordination	c. 1495
Consecration	December 1523
Created cardinal	1 July 1517
Rank	Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born	unknown; 1472; Viterbo, Papal States
Died	November 12, 1532 (aged 59–60); Rome, Papal States
Buried	Basilica of Sant'Agostino, Rome, Italy
Nationality	Papal States
Parents	Lorenzo Antonini & Maria del Testa

Giles Antonini, O.E.S.A., commonly referred to as Giles of Viterbo (Latin: Ægidius Viterbensis, Italian: Egidio da Viterbo), was a 16th-century Italian Augustinian friar, bishop of Viterbo and cardinal, a reforming theologian, orator, humanist and poet. He was born in Viterbo and died in Rome.

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