Alessandro Vittrici (or Vittrice; died 5 October 1650) was a Roman art collector and Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1632–1648) and as governor of Rome from 1647.
[1][2][3] Alessandro was the son of Gerolamo Vittrici (died March 1612), sottoguardaroba to every pope since Gregory XIII.
Gerolamo commissioned the Deposition of Christ from Caravaggio for his uncle's chapel (the Capella della Pietà) in Santa Maria in Vallicella (the Chiesa Nuova),[4] a church built for the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
[3] On 20 September 1632, Alessandro Vittrici was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Alatri.
[1][2] On 24 October 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Laudivio Zacchia, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli.