Pietro Vidoni
Pietro Vidoni (8 November 1610 – 5 January 1681) was an Italian
.Personal life
Vidoni was born 8 November 1610 in Cremona into Italian noble family. He studied at several Italian universities and received his doctorate, before moving to Rome and pursuing an ecclesiastical career.[1]
Ecclesiastical service
During the
On 30 May 1652, Vidoni was appointed Apostolic Nuncio from Pope Innocent X to King John II Casimir Vasa of Poland., a position he held until his elevation to Cardinal in 1660. He was caught in the invasion of Poland by King Gustavus Adolfus of Sweden.[2]
He conducted the
Latin Cathedral of Lwów, during which Polish King John II Casimir had taken the Lwów Oath
.
Cardinalate
Returning to
Alexander VII, in the consistory of 5 April 1660. In 1661 he was given the titular church of San Callisto.[3] In 1662 he was a legate in Bologna
.
In 1667 he participated in the
conclave of 1669-1670 which elected Pope Clement X and the conclave of 1676, which elected Pope Innocent XI
.
Between 1675 and 1676 he served a term as the
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
.
Death and burial
He died in Rome on 5 January 1681 and was buried in the basilica of Santa Maria della Vittoria.
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References
- OCLC 53276621. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ Giuseppe Cappelletti (1857). Le chiese d'Italia: dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni : opera (in Italian). Vol. Tomo XII. Venice: G. Antonelli. pp. 380–381.
- ^ Cardinal Title S. Callisto GCatholic.org
