Marcantonio Gozzadini

Marcantonio Cardinal Gozzadini †
Bishop of Faenza, Cardinal priest of S.Agata in Suburra
See	Diocese of Faenza
Enthroned	June 7, 1623—September 1, 1623
Predecessor	sede vacante
Successor	Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri
Other posts	Previously Bishop of Tivoli
Orders
Created Cardinal	July 21, 1621
Personal details
Born	1574 Bologna, Italy
Died	September 1, 1623 Rome

Marcantonio Gozzadini (1574 – September 1, 1623) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Biography

He was born in Bologna into a patrician family. He was a cousin of Pope Gregory XV.

He studied canon and civil law at the University of Bologna and started both his judicial and ecclesiastical career there, but in 1616 he was transferred to Rome as advocate of the Roman Curia.

Gozzadini was created cardinal priest in the consistory of July 21, 1621 and opted for the title of Sant'Eusebio. He was also made Commander of the Sovereign Order of Malta by Pope Gregory XV.

In 1621 he was elected Bishop of Tivoli and opted for the title of S. Agata in Suburra, May 23, 1623. On June 7, 1623 he was transferred to the Diocese of Faenza. Gozzadini participated in the Papal conclave of 1623.

He died in Rome in 1623.

Persondata
Name	Gozzadini, Marcantonio
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1574
Place of birth	Bologna, Italy
Date of death	September 1, 1623
Place of death	Rome