Ennio Filonardi (1466–1549) was an Italian bishop and
Cardinal
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Animals
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
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. He was born in Bauco, present-day Boville Ernica.
As
bishop of Veroli
The Diocese of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino( la, Dioecesis Frusinatensis-Verulana-Ferentina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has existed since 1986. In that year, the Diocese of Ferentino wa ...
, from 1503 to 1538, he left an architectural mark on the cathedral. In 1538 he was
bishop of Montefeltro
The Italian Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro was until 1977 the historic Diocese of Montefeltro. It is a Latin suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.Bishop of Montefeltro
The Italian Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro was until 1977 the historic Diocese of Montefeltro. It is a Latin suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.Ennio Massari Filonardi.
From the time of his status as close advisor to
Pope Innocent VIII
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, he became one of the salient figures of the papal court. He acted as
papal nuncio
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to Switzerland. He became
Bishop of Albano
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Under c ...
in 1546.
He died during the conclave that elected Pope Julius III, having himself been considered ''papabile''. This is quite unlikely, since Filonardi was already eighty-three years old; he was not on any list of ''papabili'' provided by any of the Crowns; and he received not a single vote from the first ballot on 4 December to the day of his death on 19 December 1549.J. P. Adams ''Sede Vacante 1549-1550'' retrieved: 2016-11-04.