Paolo Emilio Cesi (1481–1537) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
[1] After finishing school, he moved to Rome where he served as a notary at the Fifth Council of the Lateran, a canon of Santa Maria Maggiore, a protonotary apostolic, and a regent of the Chancery of Apostolic Briefs.
[1][2] On 6 July 1517 he received the red hat and the deaconry of San Nicola in Carcere.
[1][2] Pope Adrian VI named him one of the judges in the case against Cardinal Francesco Soderini.
[1][2] On 23 August 1535 the new pope made him a member of the commission on reform of the Roman Curia.