Girolamo Gastaldi

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (1616–1685)

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His Eminence Girolamo Gastaldi
Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia Archbishop of Benevento
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	12 May 1680 by Girolamo Boncompagni
Personal details
Born	1616 Taggia, Italy
Died	8 Apr 1685 (age 69)

Girolamo Gastaldi (1616–1685) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.^[1]

Biography

On 12 May 1680, was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Boncompagni, Archbishop of Bologna, with Carlo Molza, Bishop of Modena, and Augusto Bellincini, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, serving as co-consecrators.^[1]^[2]

He is known for his treatise on the political and legal measures taken to control the plague, Tractatus de Avertenda et Profliganda Peste, Politico-Legalis, published in 1656.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Miranda, Salvador. "GASTALDI, Girolamo (1616-1685)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ Cheney, David M. "Girolamo Cardinal Gastaldi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
^ Epidemics and quarantines in 17th-century Rome, April 2, 2020 - 9:42pm by Michael Widener. Yale Law Library, Rare books blog.

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Benevento". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Benevento (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gasparo Carpegna	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana 1673–1677	Succeeded by Federico Caccia
Preceded by Camillo Massimi	Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia 1677–1685	Succeeded by Federico Baldeschi Colonna
Preceded by Giuseppe Bologna	Archbishop of Benevento 1680–1685	Succeeded by Pietro Francesco Orsini de Gravina