Ludovisi can refer to: *

Ludovisi (family) The House of Ludovisi was an Italian noble family, originating from Bologna. They had close ties with the Papacy and were influential in the Papal States. Alessandro Ludovisi became a cardinal and later Pope Gregory XV. His cardinal-nephew was ...

, a noble Italian family **Ludovisi papacy 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 ...

**Cardinals Ludovisi *** Cardinal

Alessandro Ludovisi 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 ...

, later Pope Gregory XV **** Cardinal

Ludovico Ludovisi Ludovico Ludovisi (22 or 27 October 1595 – 18 November 1632) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an art connoisseur who formed a famous collection of antiquities, housed at the ...

(the Pope's

Cardinal Nephew A cardinal-nephew ( la, cardinalis nepos; it, cardinale nipote; es, valido de su tío; pt, cardeal-sobrinho; french: prince de fortune)Signorotto and Visceglia, 2002, p. 114. Modern French scholarly literature uses the term "cardinal-neveu'". ...

and Orazio's son) **** Cardinal

Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi Cardinal Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi. Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi (15 September 16089 August 1687) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Bologna. Biography He was a cousin of Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi. On 16 September 1640, he was ...

(Ludovico's cousin), Prince of Piombino **Non-ecclesiastic family members ***

Orazio Ludovisi Orazio Ludovisi (1561–1624) was an Italian nobleman, military commander and patrician of Bologna. During his brother's reign as Pope Gregory XV, he became Commander of the Papal Armies and Duke of Fiano and Zagarolo. Early life Ludovisi was bor ...

(Pope Gregory XV's brother), Italian military commander and patrician of Bologna ****

Niccolò Ludovisi Niccolò I Ludovisi (1610 – 25 December 1664) was Prince of Piombino from 1634 until his death, along his military and diplomatic career he was known and recorded in historical documents as Commander ''Niccolò da Candia'', for his engagement ...

(Orazio's son), Prince of Piombino *****

Giovan Battista Ludovisi Giovan Battista Ludovisi (''John Baptist Ludovisi'') (1647 - 24 August 1699) was the Prince of Piombino, serving from 1665 until his death in 1699. Life Giovan Battista Ludovisi was the son and heir of Niccolò I Ludovisi and his third wife Costa ...

(Niccolò's son), Prince of Piombino *****

Olimpia Ludovisi Olimpia Ludovisi (1656 – 27 November 1700) was the ruling Princess of Piombino in 1700. Life She was the eldest daughter of Niccolò Ludovisi and his third wife Costanza Pamphili, sister of Vatican cardinal Camillo Pamphili. Through her mother s ...

(Niccolò's daughter and grand-niece of two popes) *****

Ippolita Ludovisi Olimpia Ippolita I Ludovisi (December 24, 1663 – December 29, 1733) was the Princess of Piombino from 1701 until her death in 1733. Life She was born in Cagliari, the youngest daughter of Niccolò I Ludovisi, prince of Piombino, and Constanza ...

(Niccolò's daughter and grand-niece of two popes) **

Villa Ludovisi The Villa Ludovisi was a suburban villa in Rome, built in the 17th century on the area once occupied by the Gardens of Sallust (''Horti Sallustiani'') near the Porta Salaria. On an assemblage of vineyards purchased from Giovanni Antonio Orsini, C ...

, a suburban villa in Rome, built in the 17th century for Cardinal Ludovico, destroyed in the 19th century; its territory becoming the Ludovisi rione. *** Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, a remaining portion of the villa, now housing the U.S. Embassy in Italy *** Palazzo Boncompagni Ludovisi, a remaining portion of the villa ***

Juno Ludovisi The Juno Ludovisi (also called Hera Ludovisi) is a colossal Roman marble head of the 1st century CE from an acrolithic statue of an idealized and youthful Antonia Minor as the goddess Juno. Added to the Ludovisi collection formed by Cardinal Lud ...

, a colossal Roman marble head from a statue of Antonia Minor as the goddess Juno ***

Ludovisi Dionysus The over-lifesize marble ''Dionysus with Panther and Satyr'' in the Palazzo Altemps, Rome, is a Roman work of the 2nd century AD, found in the 16th century on the Quirinal Hill at the time foundations were being dug for Palazzo Mattei at Quattro ...

, a Roman work of the 2nd century CE, first displayed in front of the Palazzo Grande, at the Villa Ludovisi ***

Ludovisi Ares The Ludovisi Ares is an Antonine Roman marble sculpture of Mars, a fine 2nd-century copy of a late 4th-century BCE Greek original, associated with Scopas or Lysippus: thus the Roman god of war receives his Greek name, Ares. Ares/Mars is portray ...

, an Antonine Roman marble sculpture of Mars ***

Ludovisi Gaul The ''Ludovisi Gaul'' (sometimes called "The Galatian Suicide") is an ancient Roman statue depicting a Gallic man plunging a sword into his breast as he holds up the dying body of his wife. This sculpture is a marble copy of a now lost Greek bronz ...

, a Roman marble group depicting a man in the act of plunging a sword into his breast * Audoenus Ludovisi (Owen Lewis; 1532-1594), Welsh Roman Catholic jurist, administrator, diplomat, and Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio *

Francesco Boncompagni Ludovisi Francesco Boncompagni Ludovisi (20 October 1886 – 7 June 1955), Prince of Piombino (heir of a former Sovereign Italian State) was an Italian politician. He was born in Foligno in the princely Boncompagni family. He was the 3rd fascist gover ...

(1886–1955), Italian politician *

Felice Ludovisi Felice Ludovisi (27 August 1917 – 2 April 2012) was born in Viterbo in 1917. He studied at the Art Academy in Rome. After obtaining the diploma of artistic maturity and teaching qualification, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the ...

(1912-20), Italian architect and academici * Ludovisi, Lazio, the XVI ''rione'' in the City of Rome *

Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Art Museum Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Arts Museum (''Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le arti decorative'', often abbreviated as the Museo Boncompagni), Rome, is the Decorative Arts Museum of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, National Gallery of Mode ...

, a National Gallery of Modern Art in rome, Italy *

Palazzo Ludovisi The Palazzo Montecitorio () is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament. History The palace's name derives from the slight hill on which it is built, which was claimed to be the ''Mons ...

, a palace in Rome also built for Cardinal Ludovico; now the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies *

Ludovisi Throne The Ludovisi Throne is an ancient sculpted block of white marble hollowed at the back and carved with bas-reliefs on the three outer faces (it is not actually a throne for sitting on). Its authenticity is debated; the majority, who accept it, place ...

, an sculpted block of white marble hollowed at the back and carved with bas-reliefs on the three outer faces, from about 460 BCE *

Great Ludovisi sarcophagus The Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus or "Great" Ludovisi sarcophagus is an ancient Roman sarcophagus dating to around AD 250–260, found in 1621 in the Vigna Bernusconi, a tomb near the Porta Tiburtina. It is also known as the Via Tiburtina Sarcophagu ...

, an ancient Roman sarcophagus dating to around 250–260 AD

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