Niccolò Cardinal Caetani di Sermoneta †

Deceased

Administrator of Capua, Italy

Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Feb 1526		Born
22 Dec 1536	10.8	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
5 Mar 1537	11.0	Appointed	Administrator of Bisignano, Italy
13 Mar 1538	12.0	Elevated to Cardinal
16 Apr 1538	12.1	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
8 Aug 1539	13.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
5 May 1546	20.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
1548¹	21.8	Resigned	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
13 Mar 1549	23.0	Resigned	Administrator of Bisignano, Italy
14 Jul 1550	24.3	Appointed	Administrator of Quimper, France
9 Mar 1552	26.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
5 Apr 1560	34.1	Resigned	Administrator of Quimper, France
1561¹	34.8	Appointed	Administrator of Capua, Italy
2 Jan 1564³	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Administrator of Capua, Italy
1 May 1585	59.1	Died	Administrator of Capua, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta
(VIAF: 9029148269713405230009; WikiData: Q2255652)
Niccolò Cardinal Caetani di Sermoneta (born 23 Feb 1526, died 1 May 1585) Administrator of Capua

Consistory - 1536: Created Cardinal (In Pectore)
Consistory - March 1538: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)
Conclave - 1549/1550: Participated
Conclave - April 1555: Participated
Conclave - May 1555: Participated
Conclave - 1559: Participated
Conclave - 1565/1566: Participated
Conclave - 1572: Participated
Conclave - 1585: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Bishop Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) Santuario della Santa Casa, Loreto

a bishop for 21.3 years
a cardinal for 48.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
St. Charles Cardinal Borromeo †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

St. Charles Cardinal Borromeo † (1563)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Serbelloni † (1557)
Bishop of Novara
Giovanni Angelo Cardinal de’ Medici † (1546)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Bishop Filippo Archinto †
Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro)

Ordained Priest:
Alfonso Cardinal Carafa † (1564)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Giulio Cardinal della Rovere † (1566)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Gàmbara † (1566)
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Guglielmo Cardinal Sirleto † (1566)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Bishop	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	Santuario della Santa Casa, Loreto

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 22 Dec 1536
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 134, and Page 175
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1552, Number 27*
ob/c2: AT, 29 Sep 2022
ab: CB, 29 Sep 2022
b/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 253, Number 20,956

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a bishop for 21.3 years a cardinal for 48.3 years	Principal Consecrator: St. Charles Cardinal Borromeo † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: St. Charles Cardinal Borromeo † (1563) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Serbelloni † (1557) Bishop of Novara Giovanni Angelo Cardinal de’ Medici † (1546) Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio Bishop Filippo Archinto † Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro)	Ordained Priest: Alfonso Cardinal Carafa † (1564) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Giulio Cardinal della Rovere † (1566) Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Gàmbara † (1566) Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566) Guglielmo Cardinal Sirleto † (1566)