Ferdinando Ponzetti

Ferdinando Ponzetti (1444–1527) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Ferdinando Ponzetti was born in Florence in 1444, the son of a noble Neapolitan family. He studied Christian theology, philosophy, Greek, Latin and medicine.

He was the personal physician of Pope Innocent VIII. He was then Lector of the Audience of lettere Contraddette. He was an Apostolic Secretary under Pope Alexander VI and Pope Julius II. He then joined the Apostolic Camera, serving as its dean, president, and treasurer in 1513.

On April 20, 1517, he was elected Bishop of Molfetta. He was consecrated as a bishop in the Vatican in camera superiore by Pope Leo X.

Pope Leo X made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of July 1, 1517. He received the red hat and the titular church of San Pancrazio.

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