Marcantonio Maffei

Marcantonio Maffei (29 November 1521 – 22 August 1583) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Background

Marcantonio Maffei was born in Bergamo on 29 November 1521, the son of nobles Girolamo Maffei and Antonia Mattei. His older brother Bernardino Maffei was also a cardinal, as were his nephews Orazio Maffei and Marcello Lante. Angelo Cattani da Diacceto, Bishop of Fiesole (1566); Paolo Oberti, Bishop of Venosa (1567); Girolamo Cardinal Rusticucci, Bishop of Senigallia (1570); Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale (1573);

and the principal co-consecrator of: Giovanni Oliva, Archbishop of Chieti (1568); Annibal de Ruccellai, Bishop of Carcassonne (1569); and Girolamo di Corregio, Archbishop of Taranto (1570).