Giacomo Rospigliosi

Giacomo or Jacopo Rospigliosi (1628 – 2 February 1684) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.

He studied under the Jesuits in Salamanca and graduated with a degree in utroque jure in 1649.

[1] He went to Rome in 1643 and later returned to Spain with his uncle Giulio, who was then papal nuncio to the Kingdom of Iberia.

He was sent on diplomatic missions to Paris and Flanders and later became Prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in December 1667.

He also served as governor of Fermo, Tivoli and Capranica and from 1668 to 1680 was tied to Avignon.