Cinzio Aldobrandini

In some documents he is known as Cinzio Personeni-Aldobrandini or Cinzio Passeri-Aldobrandini because, after settling in Romagna, the family varied its name according to the place from which they had moved - his father Aurelio Personeni was born in Cà Personeni (frazione of Bedulita in the province of Bergamo) and later Aurelio's family moved to Cà Passero (frazione of Berbenno in the province of Bergamo); as a merchant, Aurelio moved to Senigallia, where he married.

In 1565 Cinzio began his studies in Letters and Law at Ippolito's household in Rome.

Cinzio accompanied Ippolito on the legation to bring an end to the war between Poland and Germany and in 1588 was back in Rome to bring news of the legation's success to Pope Sixtus V. On 17 September 1593 the consistory named Cinzio a cardinal deacon of San Giorgio al Velabro with dispensation thanks to Ippolito's intercession to the College of Cardinals.

He was known for his generosity to the poor and to the arts and letters, as well as being a friend of Torquato Tasso (for some years in the papal service).

Cinzio died in Rome in 1610 and was buried at San Pietro in Vincoli where nearly a century later (1705–07) prince Giovanni Battista Pamphili Aldobrandini erected a monument to him, designed by the architect Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri and with sculptures by Pierre Le Gros the Younger.