# Mario Theodoli
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{{Short description|Catholic cardinal}}
{{one source|date=August 2018}}{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Cardinal
| name = Mario Theodoli
| title = Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
| church = [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)
| see = [Santa Maria del Popolo](/source/Santa_Maria_del_Popolo)
| term = 28 January 1649 – 27 June 1650
| predecessor = [Lelio Falconieri](/source/Lelio_Falconieri)
| successor = [Fabio Chigi](/source/Pope_Alexander_VII)
| previous_post = Cardinal-Priest of [Sant’Alessio](/source/Santi_Bonifacio_ed_Alessio) (1643-1649)
[Bishop of Imola](/source/Diocese_of_Imola) (1644-1646)
| consecration = 27 December 1644
| consecrated_by = [Ciriaco Rocci](/source/Ciriaco_Rocci)
| cardinal = 13 July 1643
| created_cardinal_by = [Pope Urban VIII](/source/Pope_Urban_VIII)
| birth_date = {{birth year|1601}}
| birth_place = [Rome](/source/Rome), [Papal States](/source/Papal_States)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1650|6|27|1601|df=y}}
| death_place = Rome, Papal States
}}[[image:S maria del popolo, chapel ceiling.jpg|thumb|The roof of the Theodoli chapel in [Santa Maria del Popolo](/source/Santa_Maria_del_Popolo) with the [fresco](/source/fresco)es by [Giulio Mazzoni](/source/Giulio_Mazzoni).]]
'''Mario Theodoli''' (1601 – 27 June 1650) was an [Italian](/source/Italian_people) [Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) [Cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholicism)).
==Biography==
Theodoli was born 1601 in Rome, the son of Teodolo Theodoli, [Marquis](/source/Marquis) of [San Vito](/source/San_Vito_Romano), and his wife Flavia Fani. He was an ancestor of Cardinal [Augusto Theodoli](/source/Augusto_Theodoli) and a relative of [Gerolamo Theodoli](/source/Gerolamo_Theodoli). At a very young age he studied law and entered the service of the Church.
He was appointed [Referendary](/source/Referendary) of the Tribunals of the [Apostolic Signatura](/source/Apostolic_Signatura) of ''Justice and of Grace'' and proved himself a capable administrator. He was named Governor in a succession of [comune](/source/comune)s and towns including:[{{cite web|authorlink=Salvador Miranda (historian) |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title=THEODOLI, Mario (1601-1650)|url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1643.htm#Theodoli |work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |access-date=29 February 2016|publisher=[Florida International University](/source/Florida_International_University)|oclc=53276621}}] [Terni](/source/Terni) (1626), [Cesena](/source/Cesena) (1627–1628), [Orvieto](/source/Orvieto) (1628–1629), [Camerino](/source/Camerino) (1630), [Ancona](/source/Ancona) (1631–1633), and [Viterbo](/source/Viterbo) (1633–1634).
In 1638, he bought, as was the custom at the time, a [cleric](/source/cleric)ate in the [Apostolic Chamber](/source/Apostolic_Chamber) and in 1642 he was appointed ''[Protonotary](/source/Protonotary) apostolic participantium'' and ordinary [judge](/source/judge) of the [Roman Curia](/source/Roman_Curia).
He was elevated to cardinal by [Pope Urban VIII](/source/Pope_Urban_VIII) in 1643 and was made Cardinal-Priest at the Basilica of [Santi Bonifacio e Alessio](/source/Santi_Bonifacio_e_Alessio) that same year. Pope Urban died in 1644 and Theodoli participated in the [Papal conclave of 1644](/source/Papal_conclave%2C_1644) which elected [Pope Innocent X](/source/Pope_Innocent_X). In the absence of Cardinal [Alessandro Bichi](/source/Alessandro_Bichi), Theodoli was appointed [Minister of France](/source/Kingdom_of_France) before the [Holy See](/source/Holy_See).
Theodoli was elected [Bishop of Imola](/source/Bishop_of_Imola) in 1644 and was consecrated by Cardinal [Ciriaco Rocci](/source/Ciriaco_Rocci), [Cardinal-Priest](/source/Cardinal-Priest) of [San Salvatore in Lauro](/source/San_Salvatore_in_Lauro), with [Alfonso Gonzaga](/source/Alfonso_Gonzaga), [Titular Archbishop](/source/Titular_Archbishop) of ''Rhodus'' and [Giacomo Theodoli](/source/Giacomo_Theodoli), [Bishop of Forlì](/source/Bishop_of_Forl%C3%AC), serving as [co-consecrators](/source/co-consecrators).[{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Mario ''Cardinal'' Theodoli |publisher=[Catholic-Hierarchy.org](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy.org)|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btheom.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]] he resigned the government of the diocese because of ill health in 1646 and was transferred to the Church of [Santa Maria del Popolo](/source/Santa_Maria_del_Popolo) which housed the Theodoli family chapel. He died on 27 June 1650.
While bishop, he was the [principal consecrator](/source/principal_consecrator) of [Hyacinthe Serroni](/source/Hyacinthe_Serroni), [Bishop of Orange](/source/Bishop_of_Orange) (1647).