Rusticucci traveled to Rome in 1557, entering the court of Cardinal Michele Ghislieri, who later became Pope Pius V, as the cardinal's personal secretary.[1] When the cardinal became pope, he made Rusticucci a protonotary apostolic.[1] Also, when Cardinal Michele Bonelli, Pope Pius V's cardinal-nephew, was absent, the pope put Rusticucci in charge of managing most of the church's affairs.[1]
He died in Rome on 14 June 1603.[1] He was buried in Santa Susanna.[1]
Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni
In 1584 Rusticucci, after having bought a lesser palace and several houses at the west end of Via Alessandrina in Borgo, gave to Domenico Fontana the task to build a new palace there, the Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni.[2] The work was finished by Fontana`s nephew, Carlo Maderno.[3] After the work for the erection of Saint Peter's Square, the palace occupied the north side of a new piazza, Piazza Rusticucci, which was named after the cardinal.[3]
Sources
Gigli, Laura (1992). Guide rionali di Roma (in Italian). Vol. Borgo (III). Roma: Fratelli Palombi Editori. ISSN0393-2710.