Vitellozzo Cardinal Vitelli
Vitellozzo Vitelli (1531 – November 19, 1568) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Life
Vitelli was born in 1531 in Città di Castello of Captain Alessandro Vitellozzi, signore of Amatrice, and Angela di Troilo Rossi, and educated at the University of Padua.
He was ordained a cleric of Città di Castello and appointed bishop there March 20, 1554, an office he would resign in 1560.
He went to Rome in February 1556 and was created cardinal deacon March 15, 1557, receiving the deaconry of Ss. Sergio e Bacco on March 24. He opted for the deaconry of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae in March 1559 and that of Santa Maria in Via Lata in November 1564.
He held numerous administrative posts and participated in the conclaves of 1559, which elected Pope Pius IV, and of 1565-1566, which elected Pope Pius V.
He died November 19, 1568 in Rome and was buried in his titular church of Santa Maria in Via Lata.
Sources
- Salvador Miranda, “The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary, Pope Paul IV (1555-1559), Consistory of March 15, 1557” (with bibliography)
- “Vitellozzo Cardinal Vitelli” Catholic-Hierarchy
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