Luigi Caetani Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Luigi Caetani
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Archbishop Emeritus of Capua
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Capua
Term:17 March 1624 - 1 March 1627
Predecessor:Antonio Caetani (iuniore)
Successor:Girolamo Costanzo
Consecration:12 June 1622
Consecrated By:Ludovico Ludovisi
Cardinal:19 January 1626
Created Cardinal By:Pope Urban VIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Date: July 1595
Birth Place:Piedimonte, Campania, Kingdom of Naples
Death Place:Rome, Latium, Papal State
Buried:Basilica of Santa Pudenziana
Resting Place Coordinates:41.8984°N 12.4956°W
Nationality:Italian
Religion:Roman Catholic
Education:doctorate in law
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms cardinals Luigi & Antonio Caetani.svg
Cardinal Name:Luigi Caetani
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Basilica of Santa Pudenziana

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian) . Miranda . Salvador . CAETANI, Luigi (1595-1642) . The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Florida International University. 53276621.
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcaet.html "Luigi Cardinal Caetani"