Paolo Emilio Sfondrati
Italian Cardinal
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| Intro | Italian Cardinal | ||||||
| A.K.A. | cardinale Santa Cecilia | ||||||
| A.K.A. | cardinale Santa Cecilia | ||||||
| Places | Italy | ||||||
| was | Diplomat Priest | ||||||
| Work field | Religion Politics | ||||||
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| Religion: | Catholic church | ||||||
| Birth | 13 September 1560, Milan, Italy | ||||||
| Death | 14 February 1618Tivoli, Italy (aged 57 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Virgo | ||||||
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Biography
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. He died in Tivoli in 1618.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
- Juan Torres de Osorio, Bishop of Siracusa (1613);
- Juan Serrano Ortiz, Bishop of Acerno (1613);
- Clemente Gera, Bishop of Terni (1613);
- Crisostomo Antichi, Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan (1615); and
- Vincenzo Lanteri, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1616).