Ludovico Valenti (27 April 1695 in Trevi, Umbria – 18 October 1763 in Rome) was an Italian nobleman, ecclesiastical lawyer, papal bureaucrat, Cardinal, and Bishop of Rimini.

[2] He pursued legal studies at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, obtaining a doctorate in utroque iure on 20 March 1719.

[7] In 1742, as Referendary of both the Segnatura and Promoter of the Faith,[8] he was charged by Benedict XIV with the exhumation of the body of Camillo de Lellis.

[12] Monsignor Ludovico Valenti was assessor at the Holy Office, Protonotario Apostolico sopranumerario non partecipante, and a member of the Reverend Fabric of S. Peter's (by 1754).

[17] As a Cardinal Ludovico Valenti was a member of the Sacred Congregations: of the Council, of the Examination of Bishops, of Regulars, of Rites, Indulgences and Relics.

[18] The Cardinal died in Rome on 18 October 1763, the Feast of S. Luca, after a long illness culminating in a wasting fever.