Luigi Caetani

Luigi Caetani (* July 1595 in Piedimonte, † April 15, 1642 in Rome) was Italian cardinal and bishop.

Life

After studying in Ravenna and Rome, where he also earned his Doctor of Law, he was appointed to a benefice of San Leonardo in Puglia on September 19, 1608. After he had been excused from absence of the canonical minimum age for episcopal consecration, the pope appointed him on March 14, 1622 to Titularpatriarchen. Already on June 12, 1622, Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi donated to him, with the assistance of the Archbishops Galeazzo Sanvitale and Vulpiano Volpi, in the Liberian basilica of episcopal ordination. Appointed on November 14, 1622 coadjutor of the Archbishop of Capua, he was born on March 17, 1624 Finally, even there archbishop. Created on January 19, 1626 Cardinal, his titular church of Santa Pudenziana was assigned on 9 February 1626. After he has already abolished on March 1, 1627 to the Archbishopric of Capua and settled in Rome, he was in 1631 prefect of the Congregation for the reform of Briefs and 12 January 1637 to the January 15, 1638 Camerlengo.