Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni
| Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni | |
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| Cardinal bishop of Albano; Archbishop of Aix | |
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| See | Archdiocese of Aix |
| Installed | September 20, 1648—November 4, 1685 |
| Predecessor | Michel Mazarin, O.P. |
| Successor | Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc |
| Other posts | Previously Apostolic Nuncio to France ; Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria |
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| Created Cardinal | August 17, 1611 |
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| Born |
August 20, 1597 Genoa, Italy |
| Died | November 4, 1685 (aged 88) Aix, France |
Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni (20 August 1597– 4 November 1685) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Aix.
Grimaldi was born in Genoa, the son of Giacomo Grimaldi, a senator of the Republic of Genoa, and his wife Girolama di Agostino de' Mari. As a young man he enlisted as a soldier and fought for the Holy Roman Empire in Germany during the Thirty Years' War.
Thereafter, he went to Rome to be educated and entered the Church probably under the patronage of his uncle Domenico Grimaldi, Archbishop of Avignon. In 1621 he was appointed Vice-legate of Viterbo and in 1626, on the death of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese, he became governor of the province.
He returned to Rome and Pope Urban VIII appointed him Governor of Rome from 26 April 1628 until March 1632. According to contemporary, John Bargrave, he conducted himself well as governor and was very popular with the people of Rome.
He then became Papal Nuncio extraordinary to the court of Ferdinand II of Austria. In 1634 he was appointed governor of the city of Perugia, and then governor of the duchy of Urbino.
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