Vitellozzo Vitelli (cardinal)

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Vitellozzo Vitelli (1531 – 19 November 1568) was an Italian

Roman Catholic Church
.

Life

Vitelli was born in 1531 in Città di Castello of Captain Alessandro Vitellozzi, signore of Amatrice, and Angela di Troilo Rossi, and educated at the University of Padua.

He was ordained a cleric of Città di Castello and appointed bishop there on 20 March 1554, an office he would resign in 1560.

He went to

cardinal deacon 15 March 1557, receiving the deaconry of Ss. Sergio e Bacco on 24 March. He opted for the deaconry of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae in March 1559 and that of Santa Maria in Via Lata
in November 1564.

He held numerous administrative posts and participated in the conclaves of 1559, which elected Pope Pius IV, and of 1565–1566, which elected Pope Pius V.

He died on 19 November 1568 in Rome and was buried in his titular church of Santa Maria in Via Lata.

Notes and references

Sources

  • OCLC 53276621
    . Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  • Cheney, David M. "Vitellozzo Cardinal Vitelli".
    [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Città di Castello

1554–1560
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Odet de Coligny de Châtillon
Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Sergio e Bacco

1557–1559
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Administrator of Imola

1560–1561
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata

1564–1568
Succeeded by
Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte
Preceded by
Administrator of Carcassonne

1567–1568
Succeeded by