title: Ottavio Paravicini
text: # Ottavio Paravicini
  
  Ottavio Paravicini (1552–1611) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Born into the noble family from Valtellina, he was the son of Giovanni Michele Paravicini and Lomellina Laudata of Gaeta.
  
  ## Biography
  
  On 15 Jul 1584, he was consecrated bishop by Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, with Filippo Sega, Bishop of Piacenza, and Francesco Bossi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
  
  * Camillo Borghese, Bishop of Castro di Puglia (1594);
  * Filippo Archinto, Bishop of Como (1595);
  * Eugenio Savino, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1596);
  * Johann Jakob Mirgel, Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia and Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz (1598);
  * Ursino de Bertiis, Bishop of Trieste (1598);
  * Vittorino Mansi, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1599);
  * Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca, Archbishop of Messina (1599);
  * Gregor Helfenstein, Titular Bishop of Azotus and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (1599);
  * Placido Fava, Bishop of Castro di Puglia (1600);
  * Camillo Olario (Aulari, Ozario), Bishop of Bobbio (1602);
  * Lucio de Morra, Archbishop of Otranto (1606);
  * Istvan Szentandrássy (Cecchio), Bishop of Smederevo (1606);
  * Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa, Archbishop of Salerno (1606);
  * Giulio Lana, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1606);
  * Giambattista Leni, Bishop of Mileto (1608);
  
  and the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (1586);
  * Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta, Archbishop of Cosenza (1587); and
  * Marcello Lante della Rovere, Bishop of Todi (1607).
  