Roberto Ubaldini (1581 – 22 April 1635) was a bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Biography

He was born in

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. He was appointed

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in 1607, and ordained to that post on 3 Feb 1608 by Jacques Davy du Perron,

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, with Henri de Gondi,

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, and Jean de Bonsi, Bishop of Béziers, serving as

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. He was elevated to the status of cardinal in 1615, and made Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Council in 1621. He resigned from that position in 1623, shortly after resigning his position as bishop. He served as nuncio in France, and served as secretary to Pope

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. He maintained a friendship with poets

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and Bracciolini.Dizionario biografico universale
Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 455.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of:"Roberto Cardinal Ubaldini"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved December 4, 2016

References

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