Pompeo Aldrovandi

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**Pompeo Cardinal Aldrovandi †**
Church positions

See	Diocese of Montefiascone
Title	Archbishop-Bishop of Montefiascone, (Emeritus), Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio
Period in office	July 9, 1734—January 6, 1752
Previous post	Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church
Created cardinal	March 24, 1734
Personal
Date of birth	September 23, 1668 (1668-09-23)
Place of birth	Bologna,Italy
Date of death	January 6, 1752 (aged 83)
Place of death	Montefiascone, Italy

Pompeo Aldrovandi (September 23, 1668 - January 6, 1752) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

[edit] Biography

Aldrovandi was born on September 23, 1668 in Bologna, the part of the Papal States, and studied law at the local unversity, being awarded a doctorate in canon and civil law in 1691. He entered the Roman Curia five years later and then steadily climbed the career ladder in the administration and was ordained priest in 1710, served as a chargé d'affaires in the nunciature in Spain from 1712 to 1716.

On October 5, 1716 he became titular archbishop of Neocesarea and was appointed Nuncio in Spain in 1717. However, the political troubles between the Holy See and the King of Spain led to his being called back to Bologna, where he stayed until the death of Pope Clement XI.On March 23, 1729, he was made titular Patriarch of Jerusalem and was made Governor of Rome and later in 1733 he was appointed Vice-chamberlain of the Apostolic Camera.

Aldrovandi was created Cardinal priest in the consistory of March 24, 1734 with the title of Sant'Eusebio. In 1734 he was appointed archbishop with personal title to the diocese of Montefiascone and participated in the conclave of 1740, where the elections were stalled for forty days because many cardinals kept voting for him, despite their being unable to bring about a decision in his favour. Ultimately, Cardinal Lambertini was elected as Pope Benedict XIV. Aldrovandi was Datary of His Holiness in 1740-1743.