Paolo Emilio Sfondrati


Paolo Emilio Sfondrati was an Italian Cardinal.

Biography

Born to a noble family in Milan and the nephew of Pope Gregory XIV, he was the cardinal priest of Santa Cecilia, papal legate in Bologna, member of the Congregation of the Sant'Offizio and a good friend of San Filippo Neri.
He was bishop of Cremona, and bishop of Albano. Pope Clement VIII made him an Inquisitor in 1600.
He died in Tivoli in 1618.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: