Monsignor Tiberio Cerasi | |
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Treasurer-General of the Apostolic Camera | |
In office July 1596 – 3 May 1601 | |
Preceded by | Bartolomeo Cesi |
Succeeded by | Luigi Capponi |
Avvocato fiscale | |
In office 1589–1596 | |
Rector of the University | |
In office 31 July 1593 – 1595 | |
Preceded by | Bernardino Biscia |
Succeeded by | Girolamo de' Rossi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1544 Rome, Papal States |
Died | 3 May 1601 Frascati, Papal States | (aged 56–57)
Resting place | Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo |
Alma mater | University of Rome |
Tiberio Cerasi (1544 – 3 May 1601) was a Roman jurist and Treasurer-General to Pope Clement VIII. He is mainly known for building the Cerasi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome and commissioning Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci to create three famous paintings there.