Niccolò Ridolfi was born into a Florentine noble family.
[1] He created a fund for the Master by sending out collectors to take funds from the provinces; he used this money to aid poorer houses, novitiates, publications, and building and ornamenting churches.
[1] He completed a visitation of northern Italy and part of the Kingdom of France.
[1] As such, the pope had Ridolfi deposed at a chapter held in Genoa in 1642.
[1] Ridolfi is author of the Apologia perfectionis vitae spiritualis (1632)