Mario Theodoli
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Mario Theodoli (1601 – 27 June 1650) was an
Cardinal
.
Biography
Theodoli was born 1601 in Rome, the son of Teodolo Theodoli,
Marquis of San Vito, and his wife Flavia Fani.,He was an ancestor of Cardinal Augusto Theodoli and a relative of Gerolamo Theodoli
. At a very young age he studied law and entered the service of the Church.
He was appointed Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signatura of Justice and of Grace and proved himself a capable administrator. He was named Governor in a succession of comunes and towns including:[1] Terni (1626), Cesena (1627–1628), Orvieto (1628–1629), Camerino (1630), Ancona (1631–1633), and Viterbo (1633–1634).
In 1638, he bought, as was the custom at the time, a
Protonotary apostolic participantium and ordinary judge of the Roman Curia
.
He was elevated to cardinal by
Papal conclave of 1644 which elected Pope Innocent X. In the absence of Cardinal Alessandro Bichi, Theodoli was appointed Minister of France before the Holy See
.
Theodoli was elected
co-consecrators.[2] he resigned the government of the diocese because of ill health in 1646 and was transferred to the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo
which housed the Theodoli family chapel. He died on 27 June 1650.
While bishop, he was the
Bishop of Orange (1647).[2]
References
- OCLC 53276621. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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