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Girolamo Mattei (8 February 1547 – 8 December 1603) was an

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Cardinal from the

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Mattei was born 8 February 1547, the son of Alessandro Mattei and Emilia Mazzatosta. He was the younger brother of Ciriaco Mattei and the older brother of

Asdrubale Mattei Portrait of Asdrubale Mattei di Giove by students of Caravaggio (c. 1615). Asdrubale Mattei (died 1638), Duca di Giove, was an Italian nobleman of the House of Mattei, an avid art collector and a patron of Caravaggio. Family Mattei was the thi ...

, Marquis di Giove. He was uncle to

Girolamo Mattei, Duca di Giove Girolamo Mattei (1606 - 1676) was an Italian nobleman of the House of Mattei and Duke of Giove. Mattei was born in 1606, the son of Asdrubale Mattei, ''Marquis di Giove'', and his wife Costanza Gonzaga (of the House of Gonzaga). He was the ol ...

and

Luigi Mattei Luigi Mattei (died 1665) was an Italian military General and Marquis de Belmonte. During the 17th century he commanded troops loyal to the papal armies of Barberini Pope Urban VIII and Pamphili Pope Innocent X during the Wars of Castro. Biogr ...

, commander of forces loyal to the Pope. Mattei was raised to cardinal deacon in 1586 with the

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s of

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and

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(1587) then

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(1587–89), then the titular church of San Pancrazio fuori le mura from 1592 to 1603.Catholic Hierarchy:
Girolamo ''Cardinal'' Mattei He participated in the conclaves of 10–30 January 1592 (electing

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) and also the elections of

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, Pope Gregory XIV and Pope Urban VII. From 1591 to 1603 he was prefect of the

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