character in the Ring of Fire alternative history hypernovel by Eric Flint et al. where he is depicted as a henchman of renegade Cardinal and eventual anti-pope Gaspar de Borja y Velasco. This is primarily in the South European thread books: 1634: The Galileo Affair, 1635: The Cannon Law, 1635: The Papal Stakes, and 1636: The Vatican Sanction. References 1578 births 1667 deaths 17th-century Italian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Urban VIII Inquisitors Italian military engineers People from the Province of Piacenza 17th-century Italian engineers 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 17th-century Italian architects Galileo affair