Bartolomeo Roverella

Bartolomeo Roverella (1406–1476) (called the Cardinal of Ravenna) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Bartolomeo Roverella was born in Rovigo in 1406, the son of Palatine Count Giovanni Roverella (camerlengo of Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara), and his wife Beatrice de' Leopardi di Lendinara. Bartolomeo Roverella received a doctorate in law.

After completing his education, Roverella became a clerk of the Bishop of Modena. He was next a chaplain of the Patriarch of Aquileia. He then moved to Rome and became secretary to Pope Eugene IV.

On July 15, 1444, he was elected the first ever Bishop of Adria. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Ravenna on September 26, 1445.

He was present in Rome for the papal conclave of March 1447. He became a papal chamberlain to Pope Nicholas V and auditor of the Roman Rota. He served as governor of Umbria from 1448 to 1451. In 1451, he was appointed nuncio to the Kingdom of England. From 1452 to 1455, he was governor of Marche Piceno. In 1459, he served as governor of Viterbo.Pope Pius II named him papal legate to the Kingdom of Naples in 1460. He was then governor of Benevento from 1460 to 1466.