Ludovisi can refer to: *

Ludovisi (family) The House of Ludovisi was an Italian nobility, Italian noble family, originating from Bologna. They had close ties with the Papacy and were influential in the Papal States. Alessandro Ludovisi became a Cardinal (catholicism), cardinal and later ...

, a noble Italian family **Ludovisi papacy 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 ...

**Cardinals Ludovisi *** Cardinal

Alessandro Ludovisi 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 ...

, later Pope Gregory XV **** Cardinal

Ludovico Ludovisi Ludovico Ludovisi (22 or 27 October 1595 – 18 November 1632) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an art connoisseur who formed a famous collection of antiquities, housed at the ...

(the Pope's

Cardinal Nephew A cardinal-nephew (; ; ; ; )Signorotto and Visceglia, 2002, p. 114. Modern French scholarly literature uses the term "cardinal-neveu'". was a cardinal elevated by a pope who was that cardinal's relative. The practice of creating cardinal-nephews ...

and Orazio's son) **** Cardinal

Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi Cardinal Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi. Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi (15 September 16089 August 1687) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Bologna. Biography He was a cousin of Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi. On 16 September 1640, he was ...

(Ludovico's cousin), Prince of Piombino **Non-ecclesiastic family members ***

Orazio Ludovisi Orazio Ludovisi (July 1561 – 2-30 November 1624) was an Italian nobleman, military commander and patrician of Bologna. During his brother's reign as Pope Gregory XV, he became Commander of the Papal Armies, Roman Noble and 1st Duke of Fiano an ...

(Pope Gregory XV's brother), Italian military commander and patrician of Bologna ****

Niccolò Ludovisi Niccolò I Ludovisi (1610 – 25 December 1664), 2nd Duke of Fiano and Zagarolo, was Prince of Piombino, Marquis of Populonia, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, Lord di Scarlino, Populonia, Vignale, Abbadia del Fango, Suvereto, Buriano, Cer ...

(Orazio's son), Prince of Piombino *****

Giovan Battista Ludovisi Giovanni/Giovan Battista Ludovisi (''John Baptist Ludovisi'') (1647 - 24 August 1699), 3rd Duke of Fiano and Zagarolo, was the Prince of Piombino, Marquis of Populonia, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, Lord di Scarlino, Populonia, Vignale, Ab ...

(Niccolò's son), Prince of Piombino ***** Olimpia Ludovisi (Niccolò's daughter and grand-niece of two popes) *****

Ippolita Ludovisi Ippolita I Ludovisi (Cagliari, 24 December 1663 – Rome, 29 December 1733) was the Princess of Piombino, Marchioness of Populonia, Princess of Venosa and Countess of Conza, Lady di Scarlino, Populonia, Vignale, Abbadia del Fango, Suvereto, Buria ...

(Niccolò's daughter and grand-niece of two popes) **

Villa Ludovisi The Villa Ludovisi was a suburban villa in Rome, built in the 17th century on the area once occupied by the Gardens of Sallust (''Horti Sallustiani'') near the Porta Salaria. On an assemblage of vineyards purchased from Giovanni Antonio Orsini, ...

, a suburban villa in Rome, built in the 17th century for Cardinal Ludovico, destroyed in the 19th century; its territory becoming the Ludovisi rione. ***

Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi is a historical building in Ludovisi (rione of Rome), Rione Ludovisi, Rome, Italy. The building is located in the former domain Villa Ludovisi. The building is often referred to as Villa Aurora or Casino del ...

, a remaining portion of the villa, now housing the U.S. Embassy in Italy *** Palazzo Boncompagni Ludovisi, a remaining portion of the villa ***

Juno Ludovisi The Juno Ludovisi (also called Hera Ludovisi) is a colossal Roman marble head of the 1st century CE from an acrolithic statue of an idealized and youthful Antonia Minor as the goddess Juno. Added to the Ludovisi collection formed by Cardinal Lud ...

, a colossal Roman marble head from a statue of Antonia Minor as the goddess Juno ***

Ludovisi Dionysus The over-lifesize marble ''Dionysus with Panther and Satyr'' in the Palazzo Altemps, Rome, is a Roman work of the 2nd century AD, found in the 16th century on the Quirinal Hill at the time foundations were being dug for Palazzo Mattei at Quatt ...

, a Roman work of the 2nd century CE, first displayed in front of the Palazzo Grande, at the Villa Ludovisi *** Ludovisi Ares, an Antonine Roman marble sculpture of Mars ***

Ludovisi Gaul The ''Ludovisi Gaul'' (sometimes called "The Galatian Suicide") is an ancient Roman statue depicting a Gallic man plunging a sword into his breast as he holds up the dead body of his wife. This sculpture is a marble copy of a lost Greek bronze or ...

, a Roman marble group depicting a man in the act of plunging a sword into his breast *

Audoenus Ludovisi Owen Lewis, also known as Lewis Owen (, ; 28 December 1532 – 14 October 1594) was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest, jurist, administrator and diplomat, who became Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio.

(Owen Lewis; 1532-1594), Welsh Roman Catholic jurist, administrator, diplomat, and Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio *

Francesco Boncompagni Ludovisi ''Don (honorific), Don'' Francesco Antonio Maria, Prince Boncompagni-Ludovisi (20 October 1886 – 7 June 1955), Prince of Piombino (heir of a former Sovereign Italian State), Duke of Sora, etc, was an Italians, Italian politician. Early life ...

(1886–1955), Italian politician * Felice Ludovisi (1912-20), Italian architect and academici * Ludovisi, Lazio, the XVI ''rione'' in the City of Rome *

Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Art Museum Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Arts Museum (''Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le arti decorative'', often abbreviated as the Museo Boncompagni), Rome, is the Decorative Arts Museum of the National Gallery of Modern Art of Rome. The Museum is loca ...

, a National Gallery of Modern Art in rome, Italy * Palazzo Ludovisi, a palace in Rome also built for Cardinal Ludovico; now the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies *

Ludovisi Throne The Ludovisi Throne is an exceptional ancient sculpture from Locri, Southern Italy. Not an actual throne, the sculpture is white marble block intricately carved with bas-reliefs on its three visible sides, with its primary depiction considered by ...

, a sculpted block of white marble hollowed at the back and carved with bas-reliefs on the three outer faces, from about 460 BCE *

Great Ludovisi sarcophagus The Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus or "Great" Ludovisi sarcophagus is an ancient Roman sarcophagus dating to around AD 250–260, found in 1621 in the Vigna Bernusconi, a tomb near the Porta Tiburtina. It is also known as the Via Tiburtina Sarcopha ...

, an ancient Roman sarcophagus dating to around 250–260 AD

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