Francesco Maria Macchiavelli Explained

Type:Cardinal
Francesco Maria Macchiavelli
Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara
Church:Catholic Church
Appointed:11 October 1638
Ended:22 November 1653
Predecessor:Lorenzo Magalotti
Successor:Carlo Pio di Savoia
Consecration:1639 (Bishop)
Birth Place:Florence
Cardinal:16 December 1641
Death Place:Ferrara

Francesco Maria Macchiavelli (1608 – 22 November 1653) was an Italian Catholic cardinal. Born in Florence, he was bishop of Ferrara from 1638 to 1653.

He was made a cardinal on the 16 December 1641 by Pope Urban VIII, was the nephew of cardinal Lorenzo Magalotti and the cousin of cardinals Francesco Barberini the elder and Antonio Barberini the younger.

He died at Ferrara in 1653.