Lorenzo Pucci

Lorenzo Pucci, painting by Parmigianino (c. 1529/30)

Lorenzo Pucci (born August 18, 1458 in Florence , † September 16, 1531 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Live and act

Cardinal coat of arms

Pucci came from an ancient Florentine family. He was born the son of Antonio Pucci and his wife Piera (née Minetti) in Florence and earned the degree of Doctor of Both Rights. He initially worked as a professor of law at the University of Pisa . Pucci was a close confidante of the Medici family , for example, on March 21, 1497, he met with Federico Sanseverino and Piero di Lorenzo de 'Medici in Leonardo Bartolini's house for joint consultations. In addition, Pucci even emphasized in 1494 that he and his brothers "[...] had a God in heaven and a Lord on earth who was the Magnifico Piero [de 'Medici]."

As early as 1492 he was Abbreviator de parco maiori and from 1498 to 1504 he was corrector of the bulls . He then became a chamber cleric and in 1509 was raised to the office of summator, who had an influence on whether bulls rejected by the chancellery were approved by the Pope. With the office of Datar (1510 to 1513), who was responsible for granting benefices, he was still one of the most powerful men in the Roman Curia under Pope Julius II . He took part in the Fifth Lateran Council in 1512 .

Pucci was Bishop of Melfi . Pope Leo X appointed Pucci cardinal priest of the titular church Santi Quattro Coronati on September 23, 1513 . Pucci is considered to be the one who first recognized the possibility of using indulgences as a source of income for the church. He was the brother of Cardinal Roberto Pucci and uncle of Cardinal Antonio Pucci .

He is buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. The Puccis had a so-called "Mohrenkopf" in their coat of arms, as they traced their lineage back to the Saracens .

literature

Vanni Arrighi: Pucci, Lorenzo. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 85: Ponzone-Quercia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2016.
Michael Hirst: A portrait of Lorenzo Pucci by Parmigianino . In: Apollo . tape 151 , no. 460 , June 2000, ISSN 0003-6536 , OCLC 886734615 , p. 43-47 .

Web links

Pucci, Lorenzo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 25, 2016.
Entry on Lorenzo Pucci on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved November 25, 2016.
Entry on the tomb in the REQUIEM project

Individual evidence

↑ Pucci, Lorenzo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
↑ Götz-Rüdiger Tewes: Battle for Florence - The Medici in Exile (1494-1512) . Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20643-7 , pp. 406-407 .
↑ Götz-Rüdiger Tewes: Battle for Florence - The Medici in Exile (1494-1512) . Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20643-7 , pp. 747 .
^ ^A ^b Dietrich Nahrungsmittelberger, Leo Africanus: Johannes Leo der Afrikaner. His description of the area between the Nile and the Niger based on the original text (= Orientalia Biblica et Christiana . Volume 13 : Cosmographia & geographia de Affrica ). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-447-04172-2 , p. 73 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Marco Cornaro	Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina 1524–1531	Giovanni Piccolomini
Pietro Accolti	Cardinal Bishop of Albano 1524	Giovanni Piccolomini

personal data
SURNAME	Pucci, Lorenzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pucci, Lorenzo di Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1458
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	September 16, 1531
Place of death	Rome

[1] Pucci, Lorenzo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)

[2] Götz-Rüdiger Tewes: Battle for Florence - The Medici in Exile (1494-1512) . Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20643-7 , pp. 406-407 .

[3] Götz-Rüdiger Tewes: Battle for Florence - The Medici in Exile (1494-1512) . Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20643-7 , pp. 747 .

[Leo-4] A ^b Dietrich Nahrungsmittelberger, Leo Africanus: Johannes Leo der Afrikaner. His description of the area between the Nile and the Niger based on the original text (= Orientalia Biblica et Christiana . Volume 13 : Cosmographia & geographia de Affrica ). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-447-04172-2 , p. 73 .