Francesco del Giudice
Italian cardinal (1647-1725)
Francesco del Giudice (7 December 1647 – 10 October 1725) was a Roman Catholic cardinal from 1690 to 1725 who also held a variety of other ecclesiastical and governmental offices.
Biography
Francesco del Giudice was born in Naples on 7 December 1647, the fifth of the fifteen children of Nicolò del Giudice, Prince of Cellamare and his wife Ippolita Palagana.
During his early career in the church, he was Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura; vice-legate of Bologna; governor of Fano; a cleric in the Apostolic Camera; governor of Rome; and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.
Pope Alexander VIII named him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 13 February 1690, with dispensation for not having received the minor orders. He received the red hat on 10 April 1690, receiving the titulus of Santa Maria del Popolo at that time. He was then named cardinal protector of Spain. He participated in the conclave of 1691 that elected Pope Innocent XII.
He declined a promotion to the see of Salerno in 1696. He managed Spanish affairs in Rome 1698-99. On 30 March 1700, he transferred Santa Maria del Popolo for Santa Sabina as his titulus. He participated in the conclave of 1700 that elected Pope Clement XI. In December 1701, he became Viceroy and Captain General of the Kingdom of Sicily.
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