Pietro Ridolfi

Pietro Ridolfi, OFM Conv (died 18 May 1601) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Senigallia (1591–1601) and Bishop of Venosa (1587–1591).

Biography Pietro Ridolfi was ordained a friar in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. On 24 February 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Stefano Bonucci, Bishop of Arezzo, Annibale Grassi, Bishop Emeritus of Faenza, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon serving as co-consecrators. On 18 February 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Senigallia. He served as Bishop of Senigallia until his death on 18 May 1601.

Episcopal succession While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: Giovanni Battista Bernini, Bishop of Chiron (1587); Annibal Pauli, Bishop of Cervia (1587); and Camillo Gualandi, Bishop of Cesena (1588).