Niccolò Cardinal Caetani di Sermoneta †

Deceased

Archbishop of Capua

Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Feb 1526		Born	Rome
22 Dec 1536	10.8	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
5 Mar 1537	11.0	Appointed	Administrator of Bisignano, Italy
13 Mar 1538	12.1	Elevated to Cardinal
16 Apr 1538	12.1	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
8 Aug 1539	13.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
5 May 1546	20.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
13 Mar 1549	23.1	Resigned	Administrator of Bisignano, Italy
14 Jul 1550	24.4	Appointed	Administrator of Quimper, France
9 Mar 1552	26.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
5 Apr 1560	34.1	Resigned	Administrator of Quimper, France
1 May 1585	59.2	Died	Archbishop of Capua, Italy

Consistory - 1536: Created Cardinal (In Pectore)
Consistory - March 1538: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)
Conclave - 1549/1550: Participated
Conclave - April 1555: Participated
Conclave - May 1555: Participated
Conclave - 1559: Participated
Conclave - 1565/1566: Participated
Conclave - 1572: Participated
Conclave - 1585: Unable to Participate

a cardinal for 48.4 years

Ordained Priest:
Alfonso Cardinal Carafa †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Giulio Cardinal della Rovere †
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Gàmbara †
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. †
Guglielmo Cardinal Sirleto †

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 22 Dec 1536
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 3, Page 134, and Page 175

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