Francesco Adriano Ceva

Francesco Adriano Ceva (1580 - 12 October 1655) was a Catholic Cardinal from Savoy.

[1] As a young man he went to Rome and became a prelate to Cardinal Maffeo Barberini who was later elected to the papal throne as Pope Urban VIII.

He served as the secretary of Barberini's legation to France and as a conclavist to the Cardinal during the 1623 conclave.

It is said he was responsible, at least in part, for masterminding Barberini's ascent to the papacy.

He was further rewarded when Urban elevated him to cardinal in 1643 and he was made Cardinal-Priest at Santa Prisca.