Ennio Filonardi

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Ennio Filonardi (1466–1549) was an Italian bishop and Cardinal. He was born in Bauco, present-day Boville Ernica.

As bishop of Veroli, from 1503 to 1538, he left an architectural mark on the cathedral.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15359b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Veroli] In 1538 he was bishop of Montefeltro; on 25 April 1549 he resigned as Bishop of Montefeltro in favor of his nephew Ennio Massari Filonardi.

From the time of his status as close advisor to Pope Innocent VIII, he became one of the salient figures{{vague|date=November 2016}} of the papal court. He acted as papal nuncio to Switzerland.{{cite web|authorlink=Salvador Miranda (historian) |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title= FILONARDI, Ennio (1466-1549)|url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1536.htm#Filonardi |work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |accessdate=|publisher=Florida International University|oclc=53276621}} He became Bishop of Albano in 1546.

He died during the conclave that elected Pope Julius III,[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/conclave-xvi.htm The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Conclaves by century] having himself been considered papabile. This is quite unlikely, since Filonardi was already eighty-three years old; he was not on any list of papabili provided by any of the Crowns; and he received not a single vote from the first ballot on 4 December to the day of his death on 19 December 1549.J. P. Adams, [http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1549.html Sede Vacante 1549-1550], retrieved: 2016-11-04.