Rodolfo Pio da Carpi | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal-Bishop | |
 Portrait by Francesco de' Rossi, c. 1549 | |
| Diocese | Faenza (1528–1544) Albano (1553) Frascati (1553–1555) Porto (1555–1562) Ostia (1562–1564) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 28 December 1532 by Cardinal Bonifacio Ferrero |
| Created cardinal | 22 December 1536 by Pope Paul III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1500 |
| Died | 2 May 1564 (aged 64) Rome, Papal States |
| Buried | Santissima Trinità dei Monti |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Parents | Lionello Pio da Carpi Maria Martinengo |
| Alma mater | University of Padua, Ph.D. |
| Coat of arms |  |
Rodolfo Pio da Carpi (22 February 1500 – 2 May 1564) was an Italian cardinal, humanist and patron of the arts. The nephew of a diplomat, he himself became a diplomat by the age of thirty, and came to know both Emperor Charles V and King Francis of France, and he negotiated with both on behalf of the pope. His uncle, Alberto Pio da Carpi, had been educated by Pico della Mirandola, and had become a noted humanist scholar. These associations formed Rodolfo's background and education. He formed a notable library and participated in the humanist studies of 16th-century Rome; he also served on the Roman Inquisition.[1] He helped to establish the Inquisition at Milan.
- ^ Pio, Giovanni Michele (1615). Della Nobile et generosa progenie del P. S. Domenico in Italia libri due (in Italian). Bologna: B. Cochi. p. 280. His colleagues as supremi giudici nel Tribunale del Sancto Officio were: Cardinals Giovanni Pietro Carafa (Pope Paul IV, 1555–1559), Marcello Cervini (Pope Marcellus II, 1555), and F. Giovanni of Toledo.