Pope Innocent IX (Latin: Innocentius Nonus; 20 July 1519 – 30 December 1591), born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was an Italiancleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 231stPope from 29 October 1591 to his death on 30 December of the same year.[1]
Facchinetti was born in Bologna on 20 July 1519.[2]
He entered the service of Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, brother of the Duke of Parma and grandson of Pope Paul III. Farnese appointed Fasccinetti as the acting governor of Parma from 1556 to 1558.[2]