Pier Paolo Crescenzi

Pier Paolo Cardinal Crescenzi

Pier Paolo Crescenzi (* 1572 in Rome ; † February 19, 1645 ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

Pier Paolo Crescenzi came from which Sabina coming Roman patrician family of Crescentii and was at the Consistory of 17 August 1611 by Pope Paul V. to Cardinal levied and on 12 September 1611 Cardinal Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo appointed. On July 4, 1612 he was appointed bishop of Rieti and was ordained as such on July 4, 1612 . After the death of Pope Paul V on January 28, 1621, he took part in the conclave on February 8 and 9, 1621 , which Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi became Pope Gregory XV. chose. Shortly afterwards, on March 17, 1621, he was appointed Bishop of Orvieto . After the death of Pope Gregory XV. on July 8, 1623 he was from July 19, 1623 to August 6, 1623 among the participants in the conclave that Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII .

On October 8, 1629, he was appointed Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina and on July 1, 1641 Cardinal Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina . As such, Cardinal Crescenzi acted between July 1, 1641 and his death on February 19, 1645 as cardinal subdean and thus as deputy chairman of the college of cardinals . On May 23, 1644 he resigned as Bishop of Orvieto. After the death of Pope Urban VIII. He took on 9 August to 15 September 1644 at the conclave in part, to Giovanni Battista Pamphilj Pope Innocent X chose.

Web link

• Crescenzi, Pier Paolo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed March 9, 2019.
• Entry on Pier Paolo Crescenzi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 23, 2018.

predecessor	Office	successor
Marcello Lante della Rovere	Cardinal Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina 1641–1645	Francesco Cennino
Marcello Lante della Rovere	Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina 1629–1641	Guido Bentivoglio
Giacomo Sannesio	Bishop of Orvieto 1621–1644	Fausto Poli
Gaspare Pasquali	Bishop of Rieti 1612–1621	Giovanni Battista Toschi