Francesco Soderini
Francesco di Tommaso Soderini (10 June 1453 – 17 May 1524) was a major diplomatic and Church figure of Renaissance Italy, and brother of Piero Soderini. He was an adversary of the Medici family.
Biography[]
On 27 Mar 1486, he was ordained a priest by , Archbishop of Florence. He became Bishop of Volterra in 1478, by nomination, resigning in 1509.[1] In 1487, he was ordained and received his cardinalate in 1503, supported by Louis XII of France. He was Bishop of Cortona from 1504–1505 and held further church posts.
He was complicit in the plot of fellow Cardinals Bandinello Sauli and Alfonso Petrucci against Leo X for the benefit of Cardinal Riario; he went into voluntary exile in 1517, returning to Rome in 1521.
References and notes[]
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "SODERINI, Francesco (1453-1524)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
Bibliography[]
- K. J. P. Lowe, Church and Politics in Renaissance Italy: The Life and Career of Cardinal Francesco Soderini, 1453-1524[full citation needed]
- Cheney, David M. "Francesco Cardinal Soderini". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 31, 2019. [self-published]
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