Pope Alexander VII

Fabio Chigi †

Deceased

Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Feb 1599		Born
Dec 1634³	35.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Jan 1635	35.9	Appointed	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
1 Jul 1635	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
13 Jun 1639	40.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
Oct 1651³	52.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
Dec 1651³	52.8	Appointed	Secretary of State
Feb 1652²	52.9	Resigned	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
19 Feb 1652	53.0	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Mar 1652	53.0	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
13 May 1653	54.2	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola, Italy
7 Jan 1655	55.9	Resigned	Secretary of State
7 Apr 1655	56.1	Elected	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
18 Apr 1655	56.1	Installed	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
22 May 1667	68.2	Died	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Fabio Chigi
(VIAF: 89775498; WikiData: Q127254)
Pope Fabio Chigi (born 13 Feb 1599, died 22 May 1667) Pope of Roma {Rome}

Consistory - 1652: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1655: Participated; Elected Pope
Consistory - 1657: Pope
Consistory - 1658: Pope
Consistory - 1659: Pope
Consistory - 1660: Pope
Consistory - 1664: Pope
Consistory - 1666: Pope
Consistory - March 1667: Pope
Conclave - 1667: Previous Pope

Event Place
Birth Place Siena, Archdiocese of Siena
Ordained Bishop Jesuit College, Chapel, La Valletta, Diocese of Malta

a priest for 32.4 years
a bishop for 31.8 years
a cardinal for 3.1 years (Elected Pope)
a pope for 12.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Giovanni Battista Scanaroli (Scannaroli) †
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. †
Bishop of Malta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Carlo Cardinal Rossetti † (1641)
Bishop Jacobus de la Torre † (1647)
Archbishop Max Heinrich von Bayern † (1651)
Bishop Ascanio Ugolini † (1652)
Bishop Calanio della Ciaja † (1652)
Bishop Lodovico Betti † (1652)
Archbishop Francesco Gaetano † (1652)
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Bishop Giovanni Tomaso Gastaldi, O.P. † (1652)
Marcello Cardinal Santacroce † (1652)
Giacomo Cardinal Corradi † (1653)
Paolo Emilio Cardinal Rondinini † (1653)
Camillo Cardinal Massimi † (1654)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Siena, Archdiocese of Siena
Ordained Bishop	Jesuit College, Chapel, La Valletta, Diocese of Malta

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 19 Feb 1652
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1635, Number 13
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Biaudet), Page 261
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 239
c1: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 82, Additions/Corrections (back)

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