Scipione Pannocchieschi d'Elci

Scipione Pannocchieschi d’Elci (28 June 1598 – 12 April 1670) was a Catholic cardinal who served as Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Venice and as Archbishop of Pisa.

Returned in Tuscany he studied law and was appointed by Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria as tutor of her younger sons.

[2] Besides the pastoral cure of his diocese, he served Pope Innocent X as diplomat, being Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Venice from December 1646 to 1652.

[2] As Archbishop of Pisa, Scipione Pannocchieschi d’Elci held two synods in 1639 and 1659, and visited his diocese two times in 1655 and 1662.

[1] He resigned as archbishop of Pisa in 1663 and moved to Rome, where he died on 12 April 1670 during the conclave of 1669-70, in which he was considered a possible candidate to the papacy.