Francesco del Giudice

Francesco del Giudice (7 December 1647 – 10 October 1725) was a Roman Catholic cardinal from 1690 to 1725 who also held a variety of other ecclesiastical and governmental offices.

Francesco del Giudice was born in Naples on December 7, 1647, the fifth of the fifteen children of Nicolò del Giudice, Prince of Cellamare and his wife Ippolita Palagana.

During his early career in the church, he was Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura; vice-legate of Bologna; governor of Fano; a cleric in the Apostolic Camera; governor of Rome; and Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.

Pope Alexander VIII named him a cardinal priest in the consistory of February 13, 1690, with dispensation for not having received the minor orders. He received the red hat on April 10, 1690, receiving the titulus of Santa Maria del Popolo at that time. He was then named cardinal protector of Spain. He participated in the conclave of 1691 that elected Pope Innocent XII.

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