Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici

Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici (13 July 1470 – 8 January 1528)[1] was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a member of the Roman Curia.

His Eminence

Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici
Cardinal Bishop of Taranto
ChurchRoman Catholic
DioceseArchdiocese of Taranto
Appointed1525
In office1525-1527
PredecessorGiovanni Maria Poderico
SuccessorGirolamo d'Ippolito
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Orders
Created cardinal1 Jul 1517
by Pope Leo X
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born13 Jul 1470
DiedOct 1527 (age 57)
NationalityItalian
Previous post(s)Administrator of Gerace (1517-1519)

Life edit

Medici was born in Perugia, Umbria. He was made a cardinal on the 6 July 1517 by Pope Leo X, to the titular church of San Callisto.[2] This was his fifth consistory. He was bishop of Gerace e Oppido in 1517, and archbishop of Taranto in 1525. He was bishop of Gallipoli.

In the rione Borgo the cardinal let built a magnificent palace bearing his name.

The historian Paolo Giovio wrote that the exactions and greed that the Cardinal showed in running the papal finances, as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1521, had played a large part in causing the 1527 sack of Rome, because he had alienated the Roman population.[3]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Francesco Cardinal Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  2. ^ Cardinal Title S. Callisto GCatholic.org
  3. ^ E. R. Chamberlin, The Sack of Rome (1979), pp. 112-3.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Gerace
1517-1519
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Taranto
1513-1517
Succeeded by