Type: | Cardinal |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Eminence |
Antonio Bichi | |
Bishop of Osimo | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Osimo |
See: | Osimo |
Appointed: | 6 March 1656 |
Term End: | 21 February 1691 |
Predecessor: | Lodovico Betti |
Successor: | Opizio Pallavicini |
Other Post: | Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1687-91) |
Consecration: | 8 December 1652 |
Consecrated By: | Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi |
Cardinal: | 9 April 1657 (in pectore) 10 November 1659 (revealed) |
Created Cardinal By: | Pope Alexander VII |
Rank: | Cardinal-Priest (1659-87) Cardinal-Bishop (1687-91) |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1614 |
Birth Place: | Siena, Papal States |
Death Date: | 21 February 1691 (age 76) |
Death Place: | Osimo, Papal States |
Alma Mater: | University of Siena |
Parents: | Fermano Bichi Onorata Mignanelli |
Antonio Bichi (1614–1691) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
He was born in Siena to Onorata Mignanelli and Fermano Bichi. Antonio's maternal uncle was Pope Alexander VII, who named him cardinal in pectore by 1657.[1]
On 8 Dec 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Filippo Casoni (bishop), Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators.[2]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Paolo Pecci, Bishop of Massa Marittima (1679).[3]