Lorenzo Bianchetti

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Lorenzo Bianchetti (1545–1612) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

He was born in Bologna on September 12, 1545, to Cesare Bianchetti and Maddalena Castelli. Born into a noble Bolognese family, his brother Lodovico served as maestro di camera (chamberlain) to Pope Gregory XIII.

He accompanied Ippolito Aldobrandini on his legation to Kraków and Enrico Caetani on the legation to France.

He was created a cardinal by Pope Clement VIII in the consistory of June 5, 1596. He participated in the conclave of March 1605, which elected Pope Leo XI, and in the conclave of May 1605, which elected Pope Paul V.

He died on March 12, 1612, at the age of 66, and was buried in the Church of the Gesù in Rome.

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