Pietro Ridolfi (bishop)
Roman Catholic bishop
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.
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).
References
External links and additional sources
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Venosa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
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