Don Francesco Boncompagni (21 January 1592 – 9 December 1641) was an Italian

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, made cardinal in 1621.

Biography

Born at Sora, son of

Giacomo Boncompagni Giacomo Boncompagni (also ''Jacopo Boncompagni''; 8 May 1548 – 18 August 1612) was an Italian feudal lord of the 16th century, the illegitimate son of Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo Boncompagni). He was also Duke of Sora, Aquino, Arce and Arpino, a ...

, 1st Duke of Sora, Aquino, Arce and Arpino, 1st Marquess of Vignola, and wife Costanza Sforza di Santa Fiore. Grand-nephew of Pope

Gregory XV Pope Gregory XV (; ; 9 January 1554 – 8 July 1623), born Alessandro Ludovisi, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 February 1621 until his death in 1623. He is notable for founding the Congregation for the ...

. He was a nephew of Cardinals by both maternal and paternal sides: Filippo Boncompagni (1572) and

Francesco Sforza Francesco I Sforza (; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. In the 1420s, he participated in the War of L'Aqui ...

(1583). He was the uncle of Cardinal Girolamo Boncompagni, and grand-uncle of a second Cardinal Giacomo Boncompagni. Filippo studied at the

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, where he earned a doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, on May 20, 1615. He entered the priesthood while in Naples, and in 1607, he became Abbot commendatario of S. Maria a Capella, Naples. He moved to Rome and was named referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace in 1615. He was briefly vice-governor of Fermo in 1621. He was created cardinal deacon in the consistory of April 19, 1621; received a dispensation for having an uncle in the Sacred College of Cardinals He participated in the conclave of 1623, which elected Pope Urban VIII. Returned to Rome in 1626. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Naples in 1626. He died in Naples and is buried in the Cathedral.

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1592 births 1641 deaths

Francesco Francesco, the Italian language, Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis (given name), Francis", is one of the List of most popular given names, most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name inclu ...

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