Giambattista Leni

Giambattista Leni (1573–1627) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

On 20 Jul 1608, he was consecrated bishop by Ottavio Paravicini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Alessio, with Marco Cornaro, Bishop of Padua, and Diego Alvarez, Archbishop of Trani, serving as co-consecrators.

Much of the initial construction of the Barnabite's church in Rome, San Carlo ai Catinari, was done at Leni's personal expense.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Sebastiano Roberti, Bishop of Tricarico (1609);
• Pedro de Mata y Haro, Bishop of Belcastro (1609);
• Erasmo Paravicini, Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia (1611);
• Antonio Maria Franceschini, Bishop of Amelia (1611);
• Roberto Roberti (bishop), Bishop of Tricarico (1612);
• Camillo Moro, Bishop of Termoli (1612);
• Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, Titular Archbishop of Patrae (1614);
• Vitaliano Visconti Borromeo, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto (1616);
• Vincenzo Landinelli, Bishop of Albenga (1616);
• Carlo Carafa, Bishop of Aversa (1616);
• Altobello Carissimi, Bishop of Minervino Murge (1617);
• Alfonso Sacrati, Bishop of Comacchio (1617);
• Fabrizio Landriani, Bishop of Pavia (1617);
• Ippolito Borghese (bishop), Bishop of Montalcino (1618);
• Marsilio Peruzzi, Archbishop of Chieti (1618);
• Gregorio Del Bufalo, Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1619);
• Maurizio Ricci, Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia (1619);
• Alfonso Giglioli, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1619);
• Ferdinando Millini, Bishop of Imola (1619);
• Francesco Campanari, Bishop of Alatri (1620);
• Alfonso Petrucci (bishop), Bishop of Chiusi (1620);
• Pietro Campori, Bishop of Cremona (1621);
• Giulio Roma, Bishop of Recanati e Loreto (1621);
• Desiderio Scaglia, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1621);
• Giacinto Petroni, Bishop of Molfetta (1622);
• Giovanni Battista Roviglioni, Bishop of Troia (1623);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Michelangelo Tonti, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth (1608).

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Marco Antonio del Tufo	Bishop of Mileto 1608–1611	Succeeded by Felice Centini
Preceded by Alfonso Visconti	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto 1608–1618	Succeeded by Francisco Gómez Rojas de Sandoval
Preceded by Giovanni Fontana	Bishop of Ferrara 1611–1627	Succeeded by Lorenzo Magalotti
Preceded by Paolo Emilio Sfondrati	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia 1618–1627	Succeeded by Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro
Preceded by Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano 1620–1627	Succeeded by Francesco Barberini (seniore)