Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta
Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta (1487 - 16th century) was a doge of Genoa.
Cattaneo was a procurator of the Republic of Genoa since 1533. The following year, doge Battista Lomellini appointed him as governor of Corsica. In 1536 he returned to Genoa where he established the Officio dei Poveri ("Office of the Poor"), a charitable institution which coordinates help to some 4,000 citizens. In 1541 he was elected as doge. During his rule he promoted several building programs (walls of the Arco Gates, the port etc.), but had also to face a famine.
After the end of his two years as doge he returned to his palace near the church of San Torpete. In 1547, when the plot Giovanni Luigi Fieschi broke out, he was selected by doge Benedetto Gentile Pevere to suppress the rebels together with former doge Cristoforo Rosso Grimaldi.
| Preceded by | Doge of Genoa 4 January 1541 – 4 January 1543 |
Succeeded by Andrea Centurione Pietrasanta |
