Giambattista Leni

Giambattista Leni (1573–1627) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.on consistory of 20 November 1608 was created cardinal by Pope Paul V ^[1]

On 20 July 1608, he was consecrated bishop by Ottavio Paravicini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Alessio, with Marco Cornaro, Bishop of Padua, and Diego Alvarez, Archbishop of Trani, serving as co-consecrators.^[1][2]

Much of the initial construction of the Barnabite's church in Rome, San Carlo ai Catinari, was done at Leni's personal expense.^[3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[2]

• Sebastiano Roberti, Bishop of Tricarico (1609);
• Pedro de Mata y Haro, Bishop of Belcastro (1609);
• Erasmo Paravicini, Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia (1611);
• Antonio Maria Franceschini, Bishop of Amelia (1611);
• Roberto Roberti (bishop), Bishop of Tricarico (1612);
• Camillo Moro, Bishop of Termoli (1612);
• Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, Titular Archbishop of Patrae (1614);
• Vitaliano Visconti Borromeo, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto (1616);
• Vincenzo Landinelli, Bishop of Albenga (1616);
• Carlo Carafa, Bishop of Aversa (1616);
• Altobello Carissimi, Bishop of Minervino Murge (1617);
• Alfonso Sacrati, Bishop of Comacchio (1617);
• Fabrizio Landriani, Bishop of Pavia (1617);
• Ippolito Borghese (bishop), Bishop of Montalcino (1618);
• Marsilio Peruzzi, Archbishop of Chieti (1618);
• Gregorio Del Bufalo, Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1619);
• Maurizio Ricci, Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia (1619);
• Alfonso Giglioli, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1619);
• Ferdinando Millini, Bishop of Imola (1619);
• Francesco Campanari, Bishop of Alatri (1620);
• Alfonso Petrucci (bishop), Bishop of Chiusi (1620);
• Pietro Campori, Bishop of Cremona (1621);
• Giulio Roma, Bishop of Recanati e Loreto (1621);
• Desiderio Scaglia, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1621);
• Giacinto Petroni, Bishop of Molfetta (1622);
• Giovanni Battista Roviglioni, Bishop of Troia (1623);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[2]

• Michelangelo Tonti, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth (1608).