Benedetto Lomellini (1517 – 24 July 1579) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Benedetto Lomellini was born in Genoa in 1517, the son of a rich noble family.[1] He received a doctorate in law.[1]
He practiced as a lawyer and became a cleric in Genoa. He later moved to Rome, becoming a Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura.[1] On 27 September 1543 he became an abbreviator de parco maiori.[1] He was made a secretary apostolic on 1 December 1551.[1] The pope also made him a domestic prelate.[1] On 27 July 1562 he became a member of the Apostolic Camera.[1] He was made praefectus annonae on 13 November 1562.[1] He accompanied Cardinal Carlo Carafa during his legation to Philip II of Spain.[1]
Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of 12 March 1565.[1] He received the red hat and the deaconry of Santa Maria in Aquiro on 15 May 1565.[1]
On 6 July 1565 he was elected Bishop of Ventimiglia.[1] He was transferred to the see of Luni-Sarzana on 7 September 1565.[1] On the same day, he opted for the titular church of Santa Sabina.[1] He was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Clemente d'Olera in San Pietro in Montorio on 21 November 1565.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V.[1] The new pope named him papal legate in the Campagne and Maritime Province in 1571.[1] On 17 March 1572 he was transferred to the see of Anagni.[1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1572 that elected Pope Gregory XIII.[1]
He died in Rome on 24 July 1579.[1] He was buried in San Gregorio Magno al Celio.[1]
