Pietro Ridolfi, OFM Conv (died 18 May 1601) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Senigallia (1591–1601) and Bishop of Venosa (1587–1591).

Biography

Pietro Ridolfi was ordained a friar in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. On 18 February 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Venosa. On 24 February 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Stefano Bonucci, Bishop of Arezzo, Annibale Grassi, Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon serving as co-consecrators. On 18 February 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Senigallia. He served as Bishop of Senigallia until his death on 18 May 1601.

Pietro Ridolfi (bishop)

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: Giovanni Battista Bernini, Bishop of Chiron (1587); Annibal Pauli, Bishop of Cervia (1587); and Camillo Gualandi, Bishop of Cesena (1588).

Pietro Ridolfi (bishop)

References

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Pietro Ridolfi (bishop)

16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops

17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops

Bishops appointed by Pope Sixtus V

Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIV

1601 deaths

Conventual Franciscan bishops