Felice Rospigliosi (1639 – 9 May 1688) was an Italian cardinal. Born in

Pistoia Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typic ...

, he was the son of Lucrezia Cellesi and Camillo Rospigliosi and the brother of Giovanni Battista Rospigliosi (husband of princess Maria Camilla

Pallavicini Pallavicini () is a surname from Northwest Italy, derived from a medieval given name. Notable people with the name include: * the following members of the noble Pallavicini family: ** Agostino Pallavicini (1577–1649), Doge of Genoa and King of Co ...

), cardinal Giacomo Rospigliosi and Caterina Rospigliosi Banchieri.

Gaetano Moroni Gaetano Moroni (17 October 1802, Rome – 3 November 1883, Rome) was an Italian writer on the history and contemporary structure of the Catholic Church and an official of the papal court in Rome. He was the author of the well-known ''Diziona ...

, ''Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da San Pietro ai nostri giorni, etc.''. Venezia, Tipografia Emiliana, 1860, Vol. CII, p. 316
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His paternal uncle was Giulio Rospigliosi, who later became

pope Clement IX Pope Clement IX (; ; 28 January 1600 – 9 December 1669), born Giulio Rospigliosi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 20 June 1667 to his death in December 1669. Giulio Rospigliosi was born into the noble Ro ...

. Felice was made a cardinal by

pope Clement X Pope Clement X (; ; 13 July 1590 – 22 July 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death on 22 July 1676. Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, born in Rome in ...

in his consistory of 16 January 1673. He died in 1688 and was buried in the

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore Santa Maria Maggiore (), also known as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major or the Basilica of Saint Mary the Great, is one of the four major papal basilicas and one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. The largest Marian church in Rome, it is ...

in Rome.

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