Piero de Ponte
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Piero de Ponte
Fra' Piero del Ponte (died 1535) was the 45th Grand Master of the Order of Malta between 1534 and 1535.
He hailed from Asti, in northern Italy and was a descendent of the ancient family of Casal-Gros and Lombriax. He became a Knights Hospitaller and was the Order's governor of the island of Lango when Rhodes fell to the Ottomans on New Year's Day 1523, and was still there in 1534 when he received the news of his election to the office of Grand Master of the Order, to succeed Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam at Malta.
Del Ponte died on 18 November 1535, 15 months after his election. He was buried in the chapel of Our Lady of Victories, in Fort St. Angelo, Birgu, Malta. Eventually his remains were interred in the crypt of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta.
| Preceded by Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam |
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller 1534–1535 |
Succeeded by Didier de Saint-Jaille |
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