Francesco Maidalchini

His Eminence

Francesco Maidalchini
His Eminence; Francesco Maidalchini
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Church	Roman Catholic
In office	1691–1700
Previous post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via (1689–91); Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1666–89); Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Campitelli (1654–66); Cardinal-Deacon of San Pancrazio (1653–54); Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Adriano al Foro (1647–53)
Orders
Ordination	1689
Created cardinal	7 October 1647; by Pope Innocent X
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	12 April 1621; Viterbo, Papal States
Died	13 June 1700 (aged 79); Nettuno, Papal States
Buried	Sant'Eustachio
Coat of arms

Francesco Maidalchini (21 April 1631^[1]^[2] – 13 June 1700) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

^ The majority of the sources consulted (George L. Williams: Papal Genealogy: The Families And Descendants Of The Popes McFarland, 2004; Eleanor Herman: Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope, William Morrow, 2008 ISBN 0-06-124555-0; and Ludwig von Pastor: History of the Popes. Vol. 30. London: 1940, p. 39) agree that he was in his 17th year when promoted to the cardinalate. S. Miranda: Consistory of October 7, 1647 Archived April 20, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, citing Berton's Dictionnaire des cardinaux, says that he was born on 21 April 1621. However, on the other place Miranda himself remarks that Berton's work should be used with the great caution because of the numerous errors it contains[1] Archived 2013-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. Lorenzo Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, vol. VII, Rome 1793, p. 80 explains that some sources give 1621 as the year of his birth but this goes back to the typographical error in the renewed edition of Ciacconius' Vitae et res gestae Pontificum Romanorum et S.R.E. Cardinalium (1621 instead of 1631).
^ Contemporary, John Bargrave, states he was no older than 18 when he was made a cardinal, giving credence to the accuracy of a 1631 birth.