Baldassare Cenci
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
Archbishop of Fermo
Portrait of Baldassare Cenci
ChurchCatholic Church
Orders
Consecration30 September 1691
by Fabrizio Spada
Personal details
Born1648
Died26 May 1709 (age 61)
Fermo, Italy

Baldassare Cenci, seniore (1648–1709) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

Baldassare Cenci was born in 1648 in Rome, the youngest and fifth child of Virginio Cenci and Maria Vittoria Verospi.[1] His nephew is cardinal Baldassare Cenci (iuniore).[1]

On 30 September 1691 he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Ercole Visconti, Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis, and Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, serving as co-consecrators.[1][2]

Cenci died on 26 May 1709 in Fermo, Italy.[1]

Episcopal succession

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Miranda, Salvador. "CENCI, seniore, Baldassare (1648-1709)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
  2. 1 2 3 Cheney, David M. "Baldassare Cardinal Cenci (Sr.)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved December 29, 2019. [self-published]
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