Paolo Emilio Rondinini

Paolo Emilio Rondinini
Paolo Emilio Rondinini
	Bishop of Assisi, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio
See	Diocese of Assisi
Installed	May 5, 1653—September 16, 1668
Orders
Created cardinal	July 13, 1643
Personal details
Born	1617; Rome, Papal States
Died	September 16, 1668 at age of 45; Rome, Papal States

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

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

S. Miranda: Paolo Emilio Rondinini
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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[1] S. Miranda: Paolo Emilio Rondinini

[bargrave-2] Pope Alexander the Seventh and the College of Cardinals by John Bargrave, edited by James Craigie Robertson (reprint; 2009)