Pope Gregory XV

Alessandro Ludovisi †

Deceased

Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jan 1554		Born
2 Apr 1597	43.2	Appointed	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
May 1598³	44.3	Resigned	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
2 Apr 1612	58.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
1 May 1612	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
19 Sep 1616	62.6	Elevated to Cardinal
3 Dec 1618	64.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
9 Feb 1621	67.0	Elected	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Feb 1621	67.0	Installed	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
8 Jul 1623	69.4	Died	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Alessandro Ludovisi
Pope Alessandro Ludovisi
(born 9 Jan 1554, died 8 Jul 1623)
Pope of Roma {Rome}

Consistory - September 1616: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1621: Participated; Elected Pope
Consistory - February 1621: Pope
Consistory - April 1621: Pope
Consistory - July 1621: Pope
Consistory - 1622: Pope
Conclave - 1623: Previous Pope

Event Place
Birth Place Bologna, Diocese of Bologna

a bishop for 11.1 years
a cardinal for 4.4 years (Elected Pope)
a pope for 2.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Scipione Cardinal Caffarelli-Borghese †
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) †
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Archbishop Ulpiano (Volpiano) Volpi †
Archbishop of Chieti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Scipione Cardinal Caffarelli-Borghese † (1610)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Pope Paul V (1597)
(Camillo Borghese †)
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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)

Ordained Priest:
Alessandro Cardinal d’Este † (1621)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Ottavio Cardinal Ridolfi † (1612)
Francesco Cardinal Cennini de’ Salamandri † (1612)
Bishop Innocenzo Massimi † (1615)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bologna, Diocese of Bologna

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/15744
VIAF: 49321911
WikiData: Q132692

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 19 Sep 1616
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 118
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1612, Number 7
vice: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Additions/Corrections (back)

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