Rodolfo Pio da Carpi

His Eminence

Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
His Eminence; Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
Cardinal-Bishop
	Portrait by Francesco de' Rossi, c. 1549
Diocese	Faenza (1528–1544); Albano (1553); Frascati (1553–1555); Porto (1555–1562); Ostia (1562–1564)
Orders
Consecration	28 December 1532; by Cardinal Bonifacio Ferrero
Created cardinal	22 December 1536; by Pope Paul III
Personal details
Born	22 February 1500; Carpi, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Died	2 May 1564 (aged 64); Rome, Papal States
Buried	Santissima Trinità dei Monti
Nationality	Italian
Parents	Lionello Pio da Carpi ; Maria Martinengo
Alma mater	University of Padua, Ph.D.
Coat of arms

Rodolfo Pio da Carpi (22 February 1500 – 2 May 1564) was an Italian cardinal, humanist and patron of the arts. The nephew of a diplomat, he himself became a diplomat by the age of thirty, and came to know both Emperor Charles V and King Francis of France, and he negotiated with both on behalf of the pope. His uncle, Alberto Pio da Carpi, had been educated by Pico della Mirandola, and had become a noted humanist scholar. These associations formed Rodolfo's background and education. He formed a notable library and participated in the humanist studies of 16th-century Rome; he also served on the Roman Inquisition.^[1] He helped to establish the Inquisition at Milan.

^ Pio, Giovanni Michele (1615). Della Nobile et generosa progenie del P. S. Domenico in Italia libri due (in Italian). Bologna: B. Cochi. p. 280. His colleagues as supremi giudici nel Tribunale del Sancto Officio were: Cardinals Giovanni Pietro Carafa (Pope Paul IV, 1555–1559), Marcello Cervini (Pope Marcellus II, 1555), and F. Giovanni of Toledo.

[1] Pio, Giovanni Michele (1615). Della Nobile et generosa progenie del P. S. Domenico in Italia libri due (in Italian). Bologna: B. Cochi. p. 280. His colleagues as supremi giudici nel Tribunale del Sancto Officio were: Cardinals Giovanni Pietro Carafa (Pope Paul IV, 1555–1559), Marcello Cervini (Pope Marcellus II, 1555), and F. Giovanni of Toledo.

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