Type: | Cardinal |
Nicola Grimaldi I | |
Cardinal: | May 17, 1706 |
Birth Date: | 1645 |
Birth Place: | Naples |
Death Date: | 25 October 1717 |
Death Place: | Rome |
Nicola Grimaldi (1645–1717) was born at the Castello della Pietra, Naples, a member of the noble Grimaldi family of Genoa.[1]
During the pontificate of Pope Innocent XI he became a governor of several cities in the Papal States. He was created a cardinal in the consistory of May 17, 1706, the same year in which he became the papal legate in Bologna. In 1716 he became Prefect of the Sacred Consulta a position he held until his death.[1]
Grimaldi died at his palazzo in Rome on October 25, 1717, and was buried in the Capuchin Church of Santissima Concezione, Rome.[1]