Mario Theodoli

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Mario Theodoli (* 1601 in Rome ; † June 27, 1650 there ) was an Italian cardinal .

Life

He was the son of Teodolo Theodoli, Marchese of San Vito, and his wife Flavia Fani. A later relative is Cardinal Augusto Theodoli . In his youth Mario Theodoli studied law in Rome and became a trainee lawyer at the courts of the Apostolic Signature . In January 1626 he was Abbreviator . On December 8 of the same year he was appointed governor of the city of Terni , from November 1627 to November 1628 he held the same office in Cesena , and from December 1628 to 1629 in Orvieto . After he had been governor again from June 1633 to June 1633 - this time in Viterbo  - he bought an office in the Apostolic Chamber in 1638, according to the customs of his time . In 1642 Mario Theodoli found himself as Apostolic Protonotary Participantium and Ordinary Judge at the Roman Curia ; in the same year he became an auditor of the Apostolic Chamber.

Pope Urban VIII created Mario Theodoli in the consistory of July 13, 1643 as a cardinal priest , and the Pope awarded him the cardinal's hat and the titular church of Sant'Alessio on August 31, 1643. As a cardinal, Mario Theodoli took part in the conclave of 1644 , in which Pope Innocent X . was chosen. Cardinal Theodoli became French Minister to the Holy See when Cardinal Alessandro Bichi was absent.

On October 17, 1644 Mario Theodoli was elected Bishop of Imola . He received his episcopal consecration on December 27, 1644, Cardinal Ciriaco Rocci , co-consecrators were Bishop Alfonso Gonzaga and Archbishop Giacomo Theodoli , Bishop of Forlì . On February 19, 1646, however, he resigned himself to the Diocese of Imola for health reasons. On January 28, 1649 he moved to the titular church of Santa Maria del Popolo .

Mario Theodoli died in Rome in the early evening of June 27, 1650 and was buried in his titular church, Santa Maria del Popolo .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to Theodoli, Mario. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English); in the entry for Mario Theodoli on catholic-hierarchy.org , 1596 is given as the year of birth.
predecessor Office successor
Ferdinando Millini Bishop of Imola
1644–1646 		Marco Antonio Cuccini
personal data
SURNAME Theodoli, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH 1601
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1650
Place of death Rome