Carlo Domenico del Carretto

Carlo Domenico del Carretto (1454 – 15 August 1514) was an Italian papal legate and cardinal.

He was born to a noble family of Finale Ligure, the son of Giovanni I Lazzarino, marquis of Finale and Noli and Viscontina Adorno, daughter of Barnaba Adorno, doge of Genoa (1447).

Clerk of the Roman Curia until 1489, when he was promoted to episcopacy with the protection of King Louis XII of France.

On 16 August 1499 he was named titular bishop of Thebae (nowadays Thebes, Greece) and apostolic nuncio in France in 1503.

In the Consistory held by Pope Leo X Caretto exercised his option for the title of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.

Carlo Domenico del Carretto
Coat of arms of Cardinal Carlo Domenico del Carretto