Rodolfo Pio da Carpi


Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
Cardinal-Bishop
Portrait by Francesco de' Rossi, c. 1549
DioceseFaenza (1528–1544)
Albano (1553)
Frascati (1553–1555)
Porto (1555–1562)
Ostia (1562–1564)
Orders
Consecration28 December 1532
by Cardinal Bonifacio Ferrero
Created cardinal22 December 1536
by Pope Paul III
Personal details
Born22 February 1500
Died2 May 1564(1564-05-02) (aged 64)
Rome, Papal States
BuriedSantissima Trinità dei Monti
NationalityItalian
ParentsLionello Pio da Carpi
Maria Martinengo
Alma materUniversity of Padua, Ph.D.
Coat of armsRodolfo Pio da Carpi's 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.

  1. ^ 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.