Ludovico Valenti (born in Trevi, Umbria, 27 April 1695 – died in Rome, 18 October 1763) was an Italian nobleman, ecclesiastical lawyer, papal bureaucrat, Cardinal, and Bishop of Rimini. Family and Youth Ludovico was the son of Alessandro Valenti and Paolina Venturelli. He had two siblings, Gaetano and Gaetana. His uncle Ferdinando was a Consistorial Advocate (lawyer practicing in the ecclesiastical courts of the Roman Curia). A distant relative was Cardinal Erminio Valenti (1564-1618), Bishop of Faenza, who had also had a career as an ecclesiastical lawyer. Benedetto Valenti was a scholar and canon lawyer under popes Clement VII and Paul III. Legal career He pursued legal studies at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, obtaining a doctorate in utroque iure on 20 March 1719. He began a career as a lawyer by serving as a coadjutor (assistant) to his uncle Ferdinando, the Consistorial Advocate. At the Conclave of 31 March-8 May 1721, he was appointed Commissary by the Cardinal Camerlengo, Annibale Albani. The assignment proved to be more onerous that usual, due to the length of the Conclave. Pope Benedict XIII (1724-1730) named Ludovico a fiscal advocate of the Apostolic Camera. He was also a voting member of the Tribunal of the Segnatura of Grace. On 31 March 1737 he was ordained a priest. On 22 November 1737 he was named Rector of the Sapienza. He held the position until August 1741. By 1742, Valenti was consultor of the Sacred Congregation of Rites. He was also Vicar of Santa Maria in Trastevere. In 1742, as Referendary of both the Segnatura and Promoter of the Faith, he was charged by Benedict XIV with the exhumation of the body of Camillo de Lellis. In 1747 he was dispatched to Malta as papal legate of Pope Benedict XIV to award the sword and hat to Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. It is noted that Valenti was Chamberlain of Honor. In 1748, as Refendary of both signatures, he presided at the exhumation and formal identification of the body of Joseph of Cupertino. In 1752, he was Promoter of the Faith in the process for the Canonization of Joseph of Cupertino. Monsignor Ludovico Valenti was assessor at the Holy Office, Protonotario Apostolico sopranumerario non partecipante, and a member of the Reverend Fabric of S. Peter's (by 1754). Cardinal He was created a cardinal priest