Tommaso Cardinal Ruffo †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Sep 1663		Born
7 Apr 1698	34.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
13 Apr 1698	34.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
10 May 1698	34.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy
Mar 1700³	36.4	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (Tuscany), Italy
17 May 1706	42.6	Elevated to Cardinal
25 Jun 1706	42.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
29 Jan 1709	45.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
10 May 1717	53.6	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ferrara, Italy
1 Jul 1726	62.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
26 Apr 1738	74.6	Resigned	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
3 Sep 1738	74.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
20 Aug 1740	76.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso
29 Aug 1740	76.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
16 Feb 1753	89.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Tommaso Ruffo
(VIAF: 37725418; WikiData: Q2661419)
Tommaso Cardinal Ruffo (born 15 Sep 1663, died 16 Feb 1753) Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara

Consistory - May 1706: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1721: Participated
Conclave - 1724: Participated
Conclave - 1730: Participated
Conclave - 1740: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop S. Silvestro al Quirinale, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) S. Niccolò Chapel, S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 54.8 years
a cardinal for 46.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Fabrizio Cardinal Spada †
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michelangelo dei Conti †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Archbishop Francesco Acquaviva d’Aragona †
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Fabrizio Cardinal Spada † (1672)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesco Saverio Guicciardi † (1709)
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Ruffo † (1735)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Niccolò Cardinal Caracciolo † (1700)
Patriarch Marco Gradenigo † (1701)
Archbishop Antonio Maria Brancaccio, C.R. † (1703)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop	S. Silvestro al Quirinale, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	S. Niccolò Chapel, S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 17 May 1706
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1698, Number 7
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 259

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