Luigi Caetani

Luigi Caetani (July 1595 – 15 April 1642) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

His Eminence Luigi Caetani
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Archbishop Emeritus of Capua
Luigi Caetani, cardinal
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Capua
In office	17 March 1624 - 1 March 1627
Predecessor	Antonio Caetani (iuniore)
Successor	Girolamo Costanzo
Other posts	Titular Patriarch of Antioch Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Orders
Consecration	12 June 1622 by Ludovico Ludovisi
Created cardinal	19 January 1626 by Pope Urban VIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	July , 1595 Piedimonte, Campania, Kingdom of Naples
Died	April 15, 1642 (aged 46) Rome, Latium, Papal State
Buried	Basilica of Santa Pudenziana
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Commendatory abbot of San Leonardo di Siponto (1608) Coadjutor Archbishop of Capua (1622-1624) President of the Congregation for the Reform of the Breviary (1631-1642)
Education	doctorate in law
Coat of arms

Styles of Luigi Caetani
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Basilica of Santa Pudenziana

Biography

Caetani was born in Piedimonte. Son of Filippo I Caetani, duke of Sermoneta, and Camilla Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona, of the dukes of Traetto.[1] Descendant of the family of Pope Boniface VIII, great-grand-nephew of Cardinal Niccolò Caetani, grand-nephew of Cardinal Enrico Caetani and nephew of Cardinals Bonifazio Caetani and Antonio Caetani (seniore), he studied first in Ravenna, where his uncle Bonifazio was legate, and then in Rome, where he obtained a doctorate in law.

He served as Archbishop of Capua from 17 March 1624 until his resignation on 1 March 1627. He was ordained a Bishop on 12 June 1622 and appointed the Coadjutor Archbishop of Capua on 14 November 1622. Caetani was elevated to Cardinal on 19 January 1626 and installed as the Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana on 9 February 1626.

Cardinal Caetani was consecrated to the episcopacy by Ludovico Ludovisi. Having himself consecrated Ulderico Carpegna, Caetani is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI.

Episcopal succession

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

• Juan de Guevara, Bishop of Teano (1627)
• Angelo Cesi, Bishop of Rimini (1627)
• Alessandro Bichi, Bishop of Isola (1628)
• Alessandro Castracani, Bishop of Nicastro (1629)
• Consalvo Caputo, Bishop of San Marco (1630)
• Orazio Annibale della Molara, Bishop of Manfredonia (1630)
• Ulderico Carpegna, Bishop of Gubbio (1630)
• Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, Titular Bishop of Sidon (1630)
• Tegrimus Tegrimi, Bishop of Assisi (1630)
• Giorgio Bolognetti, Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (1630)
• Scipione Pannocchieschi d'Elci, Bishop of Pienza (1631)
• Giovanni Thomas Marnavich, Bishop of Bosnia (1631)
• Pompeo Balbani, Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1632)
• Girolamo Martini, Bishop of Ugento (1637);

and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Alfonso Manzanedo de Quiñones, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1622)

References

1. Miranda, Salvador. "CAETANI, Luigi (1595-1642)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
2. "Luigi Cardinal Caetani" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017

External links

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Capua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Capua (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}