Giralamo Grimaldi

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Giralamo Grimaldi

Church positions
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Title
Period in office
Created cardinal	21 November 1527
Personal
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1543

Giralamo Grimaldi (died 27 November 1543) was a member of the House of Grimaldi. He was a cardinal and Senator of the Republic of Genoa.^[1]

[edit] Early life

He was the son of Benedetto Grimaldi and Pellegra Sauli. His date of birth is unknown but was probably towards the end of the 15th century. Grimaldi was a Senator of the Republic of Genoa. He married Francisca Cattaneo of Genoa, with whom he had five children.^[1]

[edit] Cardinal

Grimaldi entered the Roman Catholic Church after the death of his wife, and was appointed a cardinal in the consistory of November 21, 1527, and was enthroned S Giorgio in Velabro on April 27, 1528.

From 1528 until 1535 he was the episcopal administrator of the diocese of Brugnato.^[1] He was papal legate in Genoa in 1530 and between 1530 and 1540 Administrator of the metropolitan diocese of Bari.^[1] From 1538 until his death he was administrator of the diocese of Albenga and Legate in Romandiola. He died in Genoa on November 27, 1543, and was buried there.^[1]

[edit] Notes and references

Persondata
NAME	Grimaldi, Girolamo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cardinal and senator of Genoa
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	1543-11-27
PLACE OF DEATH	Genoa