Alderano Cybo

Cardinal Alderano Cybo

Alderano Cybo (sometimes Alderano Cibo or Alderano Cybo-Malaspina) (16 July 1613 – 22 July 1700) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.[1]

Early life

Cybo was born 16 July 1613 in Genoa and went to Rome at an early age as prelate to Pope Urban VIII.

Ecclesiastic career

On 6 March 1645, Cybo was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Innocent X and was appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana. In 1656 he was appointed Bishop of Jesi; a position he held until he resigned in 1671.

Sculpture of Alderano Cybo at the Santa Maria del Popolo.

He participated in the papal conclaves of 1655, 1667, 1669–1670 and 1676. Cybo was appointed Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1687 and served until his death. As Dean presided over the Papal conclave of 1689 and the conclave of 1691.[2]

Later life and death

Between 1676 and 1689, Cybo was appointed Cardinal Secretary of State. Cybo died 22 July 1700 and was buried at the Santa Maria del Popolo in the Cybo Chapel which he radically rebuilt to glorify the achievements of his family.

References

  1. S. Miranda: Alderano Cybo
  2. Catholic Hierarchy: Alderano Cardinal Cybo
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Cesare Facchinetti
Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
1683–1700
Succeeded by
Galeazzo Marescotti
Preceded by
Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi
Cardinal Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina
1683–1687
Succeeded by
Pietro Vito Ottoboni
Preceded by
Carlo Rossetti
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
1680–1683
Succeeded by
Pietro Vito Ottoboni
Preceded by
Ulderico Carpegna
Cardinal-Bishop of San Pietro in Vincoli
1661–1676
Succeeded by
Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d'Auvergne
Preceded by
Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi
Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni
1687–1700
Succeeded by
Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d'Auvergne
Preceded by
Cesare Facchinetti
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
1679–1680
Succeeded by
Lorenzo Raggi
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