Paolo Emilio Rondinini
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Installed5 May 1653—16 September 1668
Created cardinal13 July 1643
Born1617
Paolo Emilio Rondinini | |
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| Bishop of Assisi, Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio | |
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| See | Diocese of Assisi |
| Installed | 5 May 1653—16 September 1668 |
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| Created cardinal | 13 July 1643 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1617 |
| Died | 16 September 1668 (aged 45) Rome, Papal States |
Paolo Emilio Rondinini (1617 – 16 September 1668) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.
Rondinini was born in 1617 to Alessandro Rondinini and Felice Zacchia. He was the grandson of Cardinal Laudivio Zacchia (who had been married and had two children including Felice Zacchia before accepting an ecclesiastic career) and was the grand-nephew (also on his mother's side) of Cardinal Paolo Emilio Zacchia.
He studied at the University of Perugia and then became a clerk of the Apostolic Chamber in 1637 at age 20.[1]
During the First War of Castro he endeared himself to the Barberini and their uncle Pope Urban VIII by raising his own company of cuirassiers to fight on the side of papal forces.[2]
