[1] As a second, he was destined for ecclesiastical career and later moved to Rome and spent some time with Mark Sittich von Hohenems Altemps and was given scholarship by Cardinal Castagna.

[4] Roderigo, being connected to powerful Concini family, he was entrusted with various diplomatic tasks: He visited Munich in 1590, Spain in 1602, and Warsaw in 1605 to offer the Medici's respects to Sigismund III of Poland for his victory in Livonia and his marriage to Archduchess Constance of Austria.

While in Warsaw, Roderigo also began talks with the ambassador of False Dmitry I to secure trading privileges for Florentine merchants in Moscow, equivalent to those granted to Polish traders.

During negotiations for the marriage of Cosimo, the grand duke’s eldest son, to Magdalene, daughter of Archduke Charles of Austria, Roderigo prepared a report for Ferdinando I outlining the situation in the empire.

When Roderigo came back to Italy in 1607, he brought along a young Bohemian Protestant named Hans Christoph Berbistorff,[5] whom he welcomed into his home at Castel del Rio.

He secretly reported Roderigo to the Inquisitor of Romagna, accusing him of brutality towards his people and heresy, specifically focusing on his connection with Hans Christoph.

Simultaneously, understanding the true motives behind the Vatican's actions, Ferdinando dispatched a hundred armed men from Mugello and Firenzuola to occupy Castel del Rio.

Upon his return, Mazzoni accused him again, this time of orchestrating an attack carried out by his nephew, Giovan Francesco Albizzi, against Annibale della Vigna,[6] a witness who had testified against him in the Florence trial.

The Vatican's interest was reignited, and Cardinal Mellini urged the Inquisitor of Romagna to conduct a thorough investigation, but the matter was dropped, possibly due to the pope's intervention.