Alessandro Bichi

Alessandro Bichi (30 September 1596 – 25 May 1657) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and papal nuncio to France.

[2] Bichi was elected Bishop of Isola on 5 May 1628)[3] and was immediately sent to Naples as papal nuncio.

[5][6] He was elevated to Cardinal in 1633 and was made Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina In 1640 Alessadro Bichi made build by the Avignon architect François Royers de la Valfenière the new episcopal palace of Carpentras, which in 1801 became the Courthouse of the town.

As nuncio to France, Bichi naturally sided with the Cardinals of the French delegation led by Antonio Barberini.

Bichi, who was already at odds with Innocent's powerful sister-in-law Olimpia Maidalchini, was said to have exclaimed, "We will elect a female pope".