Girolamo Simoncelli (1522,

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, then in the Papal States – 24 February 1605, Rome) was an Italian cardinal.

Life

Simoncelli was made a cardinal by his great-uncle,

Pope Julius III Pope Julius III ( la, Iulius PP. III; it, Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death in March 155 ...

, in the consistory of 22 December 1553. He was elected

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in 1554 and administrator in 1570. He took part in the two conclaves in

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and May 1555, those in

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and 1565–66, the two in

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and October–December 1590, and those in 1591 and 1592. He was cardinal protopriest from 1598 onwards and vice-dean of the College of Cardinals from 1603. The

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was possibly forged in order to support Simoncelli's bid for the papacy in the second conclave of 1590.

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*http://www.diocesituscolana.it/cronologia/resfrascati.asp?idx=gs1600 1522 births 1605 deaths 16th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-nephews People from Orvieto 17th-century Italian cardinals {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub