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Lorenzo Campeggio (7 November 1474 – 19 July 1539) was an Italian cardinal and politician. He was the last cardinal protector of England.
Lorenzo Campeggio | |
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Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal protector of England | |
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Diocese | Sabina |
Appointed | 28 November 1537 |
Term ended | 19 July 1539 |
Predecessor | Bonifacio Ferrero |
Successor | Antonio Sanseverino |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Feltre (1512–1520) |
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Consecration | 6 April 1518 |
Created cardinal | 1 July 1517 by Leo X |
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Personal details | |
Born | 7 November 1474 |
Died | 19 July 1539 (aged 64) |
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Parents | Giovanni Zaccaria Campeggio and Dorotea Tebaldini |
Spouse | Francesca Guastavillani |
Children | 5 |
Life
editCampeggio was born in Milan, the eldest of five sons.
Campeggio was appointed cardinal–protector of England on 22 January 1523.
Campeggio wrote his De depravato statu ecclesiae for Adrian, which proposed radical reforms for the papal bureaucracy.
References
edit- E. V. Cardinal, Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio, legate to the courts of Henry VIII and Charles V (1935)
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
Further reading
edit- Wilkie, William E. 1974. The cardinal protectors of England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20332-5.
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- Miranda, Salvador. "CAMPEGGIO, Lorenzo (1474-1539)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.