Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1560 – 14 February 1618) was an Italian

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Born to a noble family in

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and the nephew of

Pope Gregory XIV Pope Gregory XIV ( la, Gregorius XIV; it, Gregorio XIV; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato or Sfondrati, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 December 1590 to his death in October ...

, he was the cardinal priest of

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in Bologna, member of the Congregation of the Sant'Offizio and a good friend of San

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. His sister, Paola Antonia was prioress of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul. He was

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, and

bishop of Albano The Diocese of Albano ( la, Albanensis) is a suburbicarian see of the Roman Catholic Church in a diocese in Italy, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. Albano Laziale is situated some 15 kilometers from Rome, on the Appian Way. Und ...

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made him an Inquisitor in 1600.The Trial of Galileo, 1612-1633. Edited by Thomas F. Mayer. Toronto (2012) He died in

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in 1618.

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