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Lorenzo Campeggio

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Lorenzo Campeggio
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Cardinal protector of England
Lorenzo Campeggio
DioceseSabina
Appointed28 November 1537
Term ended19 July 1539
PredecessorBonifacio Ferrero
SuccessorAntonio Sanseverino
Previous post(s)Bishop of Feltre (1512‍–‍1520)
Orders
Consecration6 April 1518
Created cardinal1 July 1517
by Leo X
Rank
Personal details
Born7 November 1474
Died19 July 1539 (aged 64)
Rome, Papal States
Buried
ParentsGiovanni Zaccaria Campeggio and Dorotea Tebaldini
SpouseFrancesca Guastavillani
Children5

Lorenzo Campeggio (7 November 1474 – 19 July 1539) was an Italian cardinal and politician. He was the last cardinal protector of England.

Life

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Campeggio was born in Milan to a noble family, the eldest of five sons.[1]

Campeggio initially intended to pursue a career in law, obtaining his degree in 1499.[2] In 1510, following the death of his wife, Campeggio began to serve the Catholic Church.

In 1511 and from 1513 to 1517, Campeggio served as nuncio on two separate occasions to Maximilian I.[3] In 1517, during his second period as nuncio to Maximilian I, Leo X made him a cardinal.[1]

On 22 January 1523, Campeggio was appointed cardinal–protector of England. While in England, Campeggio was tasked with convincing Henry VIII to pledge his support to a planned crusade against Selim I that was envisioned by Leo X.[1][4] In 1528, Campeggio returned to England in order to hear the case for divorce between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Due to the mental duress and his affliction with gout, this period of time was particularly unpleasant for Campeggio.

Campeggio wrote his De depravato statu ecclesiae for Adrian VI, which proposed radical reforms for the papal bureaucracy.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gairdner, James. "Campeggio, Lorenzo" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 08. p. 398.
  2. ^ "England Under The Tudors: Cardinal Campeggio. Biography of Lorenzo Campeggio (1464-1532)". www.luminarium.org. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Lorenzo Campeggio | Pope, Papal Legate, Diplomat | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ Hayes, Carlton J. H. (1911). "Leo (popes)/Leo X" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 433–436.
  5. ^ Walser, Isabella (29 July 2015). "Lorenzo Campeggis Promemoria ad Hadrianum Papam VI. de depravato statu Romanae Ecclesiae (1522) im religions-, gattungs- und literaturgeschichtlichen Kontext". Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte (in German). 67 (2): 142–166. doi:10.1163/15700739-90000163. ISSN 0044-3441.

Further reading

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Feltre
1512–1520
Succeeded by
New title Cardinal-Priest of San Tommaso in Parione
1517–1519
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia
1519–1528
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Bologna
1523–1525
Succeeded by
Andrea della Valle (administrator)
Preceded by
Edmund Audley (bishop)
Administrator of Salisbury
1524–1534
Succeeded by
Nicholas Shaxton
As CofE bishop of Salisbury
(unrecognized by Vatican)
Succeeded by
Himself
As RC administrator of Salisbury
(unrecognized by Crown)
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
1528–1534
Succeeded by
Preceded by Administrator of Huesca
1530–1532
Succeeded by
Preceded by Administrator of Poreč (Parenzo)
1533–1537
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Himself
As administrator of Salisbury
(recognized by both Crown and Vatican)
Administrator of Salisbury
(unrecognized by Crown)

1534–1539
Succeeded by
Gasparo Contarini
(administrator)
Preceded by
Giovanni Landi (archbishop)
Administrator of Candia
1534–1536
Succeeded by
Pietro Landi (archbishop)
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
1534–1535
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
1535–1537
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
1537–1539
Succeeded by