Ludovico Ludovisi


Ludovico Ludovisi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna
Portrait by Ottavio Leoni, 1621
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseBologna
Appointed27 March 1621
Term ended18 November 1632
PredecessorAlessandro Ludovisi
SuccessorGirolamo Colonna
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso
Previous post(s)Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1621-1623) Cardinal-priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina (1621-1623)
Orders
Consecration2 May 1621
by Galeazzo Sanvitale
Created cardinal17 March 1621
by Pope Gregory XV
RankCardinal-priest
Personal details
Born27 October 1595
Died18 November 1632 (aged 37)
Bologna, Papal States
Coat of armsLudovico Ludovisi's coat of arms

Ludovico Ludovisi (22 or 27 October 1595 – 18 November 1632) was an Italian cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an art connoisseur who formed a famous collection of antiquities, housed at the Villa Ludovisi in Rome.