[3] In Rome, Zambeccari undertook doctorate studies in Law at the Archiginnasio Romano (as it was called at the time La Sapienza University).
[3] In the meantime he entered in the service of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese,[4] nephew of Pope Paul III, and because of that connection he was appointed deputy of the Farfa Abbey and commander of the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome.
[5] The episcopal consecration followed on 3 April 1548 in the church of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Bologna by the hands of Cardinal Giovanni Morone.
[1] In March 1550 Pompeo Zambeccari was appointed by Pope Julius III the new Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal[6], probably without having received detailed instructions.
[2] He died in l'Aquila on 8 August 1571 and was buried in his Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre,[1] notwithstanding he had prepared for himself a tomb in his family chapel in Basilica of the Santi Apostoli in Rome.