title: Ottavio Ridolfi
text: # Ottavio Ridolfi
  
  Ottavio Ridolfi (1582–1624) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
  
  On 21 Oct 1612, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Alessandro Ludovisi, Archbishop of Bologna, and Lorenzo Landi, Bishop of Fossombrone, serving as co-consecrators.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Camillo Moro, Bishop of Termoli (1612);
  * Luigi Capponi, Archbishop of Ravenna (1621); and
  * Ludovico Ludovisi, Archbishop of Bologna (1621).
  