Paolo Emilio Rondinini

Paolo Emilio Rondinini (1617 16 September 1668) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.

Paolo Emilio Rondinini
Bishop of Assisi, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio
SeeDiocese of Assisi
InstalledMay 5, 1653September 16, 1668
Orders
Created cardinalJuly 13, 1643
Personal details
Born1617
Rome, Papal States
Died(1668-09-16)September 16, 1668 at age of 45
Rome, Papal States

Early life and education

Rondinini was born in 1617 to Alessandro Rondinini and Felice Zacchia. He was the grandson of Cardinal Laudivio Zacchia (who had been married and had two children including Felice Zacchia before accepting an ecclesiastic career) and was the grand-nephew (also on his mother's side) of Cardinal Paolo Emilio Zacchia.

He studied at the University of Perugia and then became a clerk of the Apostolic Chamber in 1637 at age 20.[1]

During the First War of Castro he endeared himself to the Barberini and their uncle Pope Urban VIII by raising his own company of cuirassiers to fight on the side of papal forces.[2]

Cardinalate

Despite the plot by members of the Spanish faction of the College of Cardinals to unseat Pope Urban in favour of his grandfather,[2] the Pope nonetheless made Rondinini cardinal deacon of the deaconry of S. Maria in Aquiro in the consistory of July 13, 1643. He participated in the papal conclave of 1644.

Episcopate

He was elected Bishop of Assisi on May 5, 1653. He participated in the papal conclave of 1655. In the same year he opted for the deaconry of San Giorgio in Velabro, and in 1656 for that of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Cardinal Rondinini participated in the Papal conclave of 1667. On April 30, 1668 he was promoted to the order of cardinal priests with the title of Sant'Eusebio.

He died on September 16, 1668 and was buried in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (as was his grandfather) in Rome.

References and notes

  1. S. Miranda: Paolo Emilio Rondinini
  2. Pope Alexander the Seventh and the College of Cardinals by John Bargrave, edited by James Craigie Robertson (reprint; 2009)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Jan Olbracht Waza
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro
1643–1655
Succeeded by
Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt
Preceded by
Malatesta Baglioni (bishop)
Bishop of Assisi
1653–1668
Succeeded by
Ludovicus Giustiniani
Preceded by
Giovanni Stefano Donghi
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro
1655–1656
Succeeded by
Giancarlo de' Medici
Preceded by
Vincenzo Costaguti
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
1656–1668
Succeeded by
Carlo Gualterio
Preceded by
Nicolò Guidi di Bagno
Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio
1668
Succeeded by
Carlo Gualterio
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