Pietro Ridolfi (bishop)

Pietro Ridolfi (died 18 May 1601) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Senigallia (1591–1601) and Bishop of Venosa (1587–1591).^[1]

Biography

Pietro Ridolfi was ordaained a friar in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.^[2] On 18 February 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Venosa.^[1][2][3] On 24 February 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Stefano Bonucci, Bishop of Arezzo, Annibale Grassi, Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon serving as co-consecrators.^[2] On 18 February 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Senigallia.^[1][2] He served as Bishop of Senigallia until his death on 18 May 1601.^[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:^[2]

• Giovanni Battista Bernini, Bishop of Chiron (1587);
• Annibal Pauli, Bishop of Cervia (1587); and
• Camillo Gualandi, Bishop of Cesena (1588).

References

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Venosa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Venosa". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Senigallia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Senigallia (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}