Giovanni Piccolomini

Cardinal Giovanni Piccolomini

Giovanni Piccolomini (born October 9, 1475 in Siena , † November 21, 1537 there ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Life

Archbishop of Siena since 1503 , Pope Leo X elevated Giovanni Piccolomini to cardinal on July 1, 1517 and made him cardinal priest of the titular church of S. Sabina on July 6, 1517 . After he moved to the titular church of Santa Balbina on June 11, 1521 , Piccolomini became Bishop of Sion (Switzerland) in 1522 and Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of L'Aquila on July 6, 1523 . Since July 24, 1524 Cardinal Bishop of Albano , on November 14, 1524 he was also Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Umbriatico . After he renounced the diocese of L'Aquila on July 3, 1525, he resigned on April 7, 1529 also to the archdiocese of Siena. He also renounced the diocese of Umbriatico on March 20, 1531 and finally switched to the suburbicarian diocese of Palestrina on September 22, 1531 and from there on September 26, 1533 to the suburbicarian diocese of Porto e Santa Rufina . He was then Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals . When he finally moved to the suburbicarian diocese of Ostia on February 26, 1535 , he also became dean of the college of cardinals .

literature

Stefano Calonaci: PICCOLOMINI, Giovanni. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 83: Piacentini – Pio V. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2015.

Web links

Piccolomini, Giovanni. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed February 3, 2017.
Entry on Giovanni Piccolomini on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved February 3, 2017.

Remarks

↑ This appointment as bishop can only be found in a few Vatican sources; Piccolomini is not listed in the Sion bishops' lists. See Piccolomini, Giovanni. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), note (4)

predecessor	Office	successor
Alessandro Farnese the Elder	Dean of the College of Cardinals 1535–1537	Giovanni Domenico De Cupis
Alessandro Farnese the Elder	Cardinal Bishop of Ostia e Velletri 1535–1537	Giovanni Domenico De Cupis
Antonio Maria del Monte	Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 1533–1535	Giovanni Domenico De Cupis
Lorenzo Pucci	Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina 1531–1533	Andrea della Valle
Lorenzo Pucci	Cardinal Bishop of Albano 1524–1531	Giovanni Domenico De Cupis
Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini	Archbishop of Siena 1503–1529	Francesco Bandini

personal data
SURNAME	Piccolomini, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cardinal of the Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	October 9, 1475
PLACE OF BIRTH	Siena
DATE OF DEATH	November 21, 1537
Place of death	Siena

[1] This appointment as bishop can only be found in a few Vatican sources; Piccolomini is not listed in the Sion bishops' lists. See Piccolomini, Giovanni. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), note (4)