Paolo Emilio Sfondrati
Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1560 – 14 February 1618) was an Italian Cardinal.
Biography[]
Born to a noble family in Milan and the nephew of Pope Gregory XIV, he was the cardinal priest of Santa Cecilia, papal legate in Bologna, member of the Congregation of the Sant'Offizio and a good friend of San Filippo Neri.
He was bishop of Cremona, and bishop of Albano. Pope Clement VIII made him an Inquisitor in 1600.[1] He died in Tivoli in 1618.
Episcopal succession[]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]
- Juan Torres de Osorio, Bishop of Siracusa (1613);
- , Bishop of Acerno (1613);
- Clemente Gera, Bishop of Terni (1613);
- , Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan (1615); and
- , Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1616).
Notes[]
- ^ The Trial of Galileo, 1612-1633. Edited by Thomas F. Mayer. Toronto (2012)
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Paolo Emilio Cardinal Sfondrati". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
External links[]
- Biography
- Herman H. Schwedt (1998). "Sfondrati, Paolo Emilio". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 14. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1475–1478. ISBN 3-88309-073-5.
Categories:
- 1560 births
- 1618 deaths
- Cardinal-nephews
- Clergy from Milan
- 17th-century Italian cardinals
- Cardinal-bishops of Albano
- Cardinal Secretaries of State