Paolo Emilio Sfondrati

Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1560 – 14 February 1618) was an Italian Cardinal.

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.

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).