Francesco Boncompagni (21 January 1592 – 9 December 1641) was an Italian

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, made cardinal in 1621. Born at Sora, son of Giacomo Boncompagni, duke of Sora and Acri, and Costanza Sforza di Santa Fiore. Grand-nephew of Pope

Gregory XV Pope Gregory XV ( la, Gregorius XV; it, Gregorio XV; 9 January 15548 July 1623), born Alessandro Ludovisi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 February 1621 to his death in July 1623. Biography Early life Al ...

. He was a nephew of Cardinals by both maternal and paternal sides:

Filippo Boncompagni Filippo Boncompagni (7 September 1548 – 9 June 1586) was an Italian Cardinal, created by Pope Gregory XIII (his uncle) on 2 June 1572. Biography Born at Bologna, he served as superintendent general of the Papal States (Cardinal-Nephew) during ...

(1572) and

Francesco Sforza Francesco I Sforza (; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. In the 1420s, he participated in the War of L'A ...

(1583). He was the uncle of Cardinal

Girolamo Boncompagni Girolamo Boncompagni (1622–1684) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Girolamo was the Grand-nephew of Cardinal Filippo Boncompagni (1572). Nephew of Cardinal Francesco Boncompagni (1621) and uncle of another Cardinal Girolamo Boncompagni, ...

, and grand-uncle of a second Cardinal Giacomo Boncompagni. Filippo studied at the

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, where he earned a doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, on May 20, 1615. He entered the priesthood while in Naples, and in 1607, he became Abbot commendatario of S. Maria a Capella, Naples. He moved to Rome and was named referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace in 1615. He was briefly vice-governor of Fermo in 1621. He was created cardinal deacon in the consistory of April 19, 1621; received a dispensation for having an uncle in the Sacred College of Cardinals He participated in the conclave of 1623, which elected Pope Urban VIII. Returned to Rome in 1626. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Naples in 1626. He died in Naples and is buried in the Cathedral.

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1592 births 1641 deaths

Francesco Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name " Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sev ...

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