Luigi Caetani

Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Commendatory abbot of San Leonardo di Siponto (1608) Coadjutor Archbishop of Capua (1622-1624) President of the Congregation for the Reform of the Breviary (1631-1642)
Education	doctorate in law
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Styles of Luigi Caetani
Reference style		His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Basilica of Santa Pudenziana

Luigi Caetani (July 1595 – 15 April 1642) was an Italian

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Biography

Caetani was born in Piedimonte. Son of Filippo I Caetani, duke of Sermoneta, and Camilla Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona, of the dukes of Traetto.^[1] Descendant of the family of Pope Boniface VIII, great-grand-nephew of Cardinal Niccolò Caetani, grand-nephew of Cardinal Enrico Caetani and nephew of Cardinals Bonifazio Caetani and Antonio Caetani (seniore), he studied first in Ravenna, where his uncle Bonifazio was legate, and then in Rome, where he obtained a doctorate in law.

He served as

of S. Pudenziana on 9 February 1626.

Cardinal Caetani was consecrated to the episcopacy by Ludovico Ludovisi. Having himself consecrated Ulderico Carpegna, Caetani is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Luigi Caetani

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2] Bishop of Teano (1627) Bishop of Rimini (1627) Bishop of Isola (1628) Bishop of Nicastro (1629) Bishop of San Marco (1630) Bishop of Manfredonia (1630) Bishop of Gubbio (1630) Titular Bishop of Sidon (1630) Bishop of Assisi (1630) Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (1630) Bishop of Pienza (1631) Bishop of Bosnia (1631) Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1632) Bishop of Ugento (1637); and the principal co-consecrator of:[2] Alfonso Manzanedo de Quiñones, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1622)

References

External links

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Capua".
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• Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Capua (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 18 June 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Tomás Dávalos de Aragón	Titular Patriarch of Antioch 1622	Succeeded by Giovanni Battista Pamphilj
Preceded by Antonio Caetani (iuniore)	Archbishop of Capua 1624-1627	Succeeded by Girolamo Costanzo
Preceded by Antonio Caetani (iuniore)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana 1626–1642	Succeeded by Alderano Cybo
Preceded by Antonio Marcello Barberini	Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1637–1638	Succeeded by Bernardino Spada