Federico Cesi (cardinal)

Federico Cesi (2 July 1500 — 28 January 1565) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Pancrazio on 9 July 1545.

[1] On 20 September 1557 he opted for the order of cardinal bishops, receiving the suburbicarian see of Palestrina.

[1] Cardinal Cesi was friends with Charles Borromeo, Ignatius of Loyola, and Philip Neri.

There he exhibited his collection of antiques, a sculpture garden, which is depicted in a painting by Hendrick van Cleve III.