title: Antonio Bichi
text: # Antonio Bichi
  
  Antonio Bichi (1614–1691) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was born in Siena to Onorata Mignanelli and Fermano Bichi. Antonio's maternal uncle was Pope Alexander VII, who named him cardinal in pectore by 1657.
  
  On 8 Dec 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Filippo Casoni (bishop), Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators.
  
  While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Paolo Pecci, Bishop of Massa Marittima (1679).
  
  