Nicola Guidi di Bagno

Nicola Guidi di Bagno or Nicolò Guidi di Bagno (Mantua, Italy,1583) was a titular archbishop of Atenia, bishop of Senigallia, and a cardinal. He descended from a noble family. His brother Gianfrancesco Guidi di Bagno and his uncle Girolamo Colonna were also cardinals.

Nicola Guidi di Bagno
Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio; Archbishop-Bishop of Senigallia
SeeSenigallia
Titular Archbishop of Athens
InstalledMay 28, 1658— resigned September 1, 1659
PredecessorFrancesco Cherubini
SuccessorClaudio Marazzani
Other postsApostolic Nuncio to France (1644–1656)
Orders
Consecrationby Antonio Marcello Barberini
Created cardinalApril 9, 1657
Personal details
Born1583
Mantua, Italy
DiedAugust 27, 1663 at age of 80
Rome

Early life and studies

He was the son of Fabrizio Guidi di Bagno, Marquess of Montebello, Province of Rimini, and Laura Colonna from the Duchy of Zagarolo.

He studied physics, then married. After joining the papal army, he was named general of the papal troops in Marca d'Ancona and held the post for seven years. After his wife died, he left the military life to enter the ecclesiastical state. Late he became nuncio to Tuscany.

Episcopate

He was appointed titular archbishop of Athens on March 15, 1644. He was consecrated a bishop in Rome on 29 March 1644 by Cardinal Antonio Barberini.[1]

He was named Apostolic Nuncio to France on 23 April 1644, where he served until December 1656.[2]

Cardinalate

Nicola Guidi di Bagno was created cardinal priest in the consistory of April 9, 1657 by Pope Alexander VII and was assigned the title of Sant'Eusebio. On May 28, 1658, he was transferred to the Diocese of Senigallia, but he resigned from that bishopric on September 1, 1659.

Cardinal Guidi died on August 27, 1663 in Rome.

Notes and references
  1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica. Tomus IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana., p. 99.
  2. Gauchat, p. 99, note 4. Cf. Henry Biaudet, Les nonciatures apostoliques permanents, jusqu'en 1648, (Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedakatemia 1910), pp. 239, 269 (June 25, 1643 until 1652).
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