For the Risorgimento fighter of this name, see Girolamo Simoncelli (1817-1852)

Girolamo Simoncelli (1817-1852)

Girolamo Simoncelli was an Italian political and military leader of the Risorgimento era.- Bibliography :...

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Girolamo Simoncelli (1522, Orvieto

Orvieto

Orvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff...

, then in the Papal States - 24 February 1605, Rome) was an Italian cardinal.

Life

He was made a cardinal by his great-uncle pope Julius III

Pope Julius III

Pope Julius III , born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was Pope from 7 February 1550 to 1555....

 in the consistory of 22 December 1553, elected bishop of Orvieto in 1554 and administrator in 1570. He took part in the two conclaves in April

Papal conclave, April 1555

Papal conclave of April 1555 was a papal conclave convoked after the death of Pope Julius III. Elected as his successor Cardinal Marcello Cervini, who took the name of Marcellus II, being the last pope in the history who retained his baptismal name.-List of participants:Pope Julius III died on...

 and May

Papal conclave, May 1555

The papal conclave of 15 to 23 May 1555 was convened on the death of pope Marcellus II and elected pope Paul IV as his successor....

 1555, those in 1559

Papal conclave, 1559

The papal conclave of 5 September to 25 December 1559 was convened on the death of pope Paul IV and elected pope Pius IV as his successor. Due to interference from secular rulers and the cardinals' disregard for their supposed isolation from the outside world, it was the longest conclave of the...

 and 1565-66, the two in September

Papal conclave, September 1590

The papal conclave of September 1590 elected Giovanni Battista Castagna as Pope Urban VII.There were sixty-seven cardinals attending: seven were French, four Spanish, two Germans, two Poles, and the rest Italian.Cardinals attending:...

 and October–December

Papal conclave, Autumn 1590

The papal conclave of 8 October to 5 December 1591 was the second conclave of 1590, held after the death from malaria of pope Urban VII on September 27, only 12 days after his election on 15 September, before he could be crowned, making him the shortest-reigning pope in history...

 1590, and those in 1591

Papal conclave, 1591

The papal conclave of 27 to 29 October 1591 was held after the death of pope Gregory XIV on 16 October that year, after less than a year as pope. This left the Holy See vacant for the third time in fourteen months. The conclave lasted only three days and elected pope Innocent IX.- External links :* *...

 and 1592

Papal conclave, 1592

The Papal conclave of January 10 – January 30, 1592 was the papal conclave that elected Pope Clement VIII in succession to Pope Innocent IX.- Death of Innocent IX:...

. He was cardinal protopriest from 1598 onwards and vice-dean of the College of Cardinals from 1603.

External links

• http://www.diocesituscolana.it/cronologia/resfrascati.asp?idx=gs1600