Pietro Ridolfi (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).^[1]

Most Reverend Pietro Ridolfi, OFM Conv
Bishop of Senigallia
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Senigallia
In office	1591–1601
Predecessor	Girolamo Rusticucci
Successor	Antaldo degli Antaldi
Previous post	Bishop of Venosa (1587–1591)
Orders
Consecration	24 February 1587 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	(1601-05-18)18 May 1601 Senigallia, Italy

Biography

Pietro Ridolfi was ordained a friar in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.^[2] On 18 February 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Venosa.^[1][2][3] 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.^[2] On 18 February 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Senigallia.^[1][2] He served as Bishop of Senigallia until his death on 18 May 1601.^[2]

Episcopal succession

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

• Giovanni Battista Bernini, Bishop of Chiron (1587);
• Annibal Pauli, Bishop of Cervia (1587); and
• Camillo Gualandi, Bishop of Cesena (1588).