Nicola Guidi di Bagno or Nicolò Guidi di Bagno (

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, 1583) was a

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archbishop of Atenia, bishop of Senigallia, and a cardinal. He descended from a noble family. His brother Gianfrancesco Guidi di Bagno and his uncle

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were also cardinals.

Early life and studies

He was the son of Fabrizio Guidi di Bagno, Marquess of Montebello,

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, and Laura

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from the Duchy of Zagarolo. He studied physics, then married. After joining the papal army, he was named general of the papal troops in Marca d'Ancona and held the post for seven years. After his wife died, he left the military life to enter the ecclesiastical state. Late he became nuncio to

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Episcopate

He was appointed titular archbishop of Athens on 15 March 1644. He was consecrated a bishop in Rome on 29 March 1644 by Cardinal Antonio Barberini. He was named

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on 23 April 1644, where he served until December 1656.Gauchat, p. 99, note 4. Cf. Henry Biaudet
''Les nonciatures apostoliques permanents, jusqu'en 1648,''
(Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedakatemia 1910), pp. 239, 269 (25 June 1643 until 1652).

Cardinalate

Nicola Guidi di Bagno was created

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in the

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of 9 April 1657 by Pope Alexander VII and was assigned the title of

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. On 28 May 1658 he was transferred to the

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, but he resigned from that

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on 1 September 1659. Cardinal Guidi died in Rome on 27 August 1663.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guidi Di Bagno, Nicola 1583 births 1663 deaths Clergy from Mantua 16th-century Italian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Alexander VII Apostolic Nuncios to France