Silvio Passerini

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Cardinal Silvio Passerini
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Silvio Passerini (* 1469 in Cortona , † April 20, 1529 in Città di Castello ) was an Italian cardinal .

biography

Passerini, born in Cortona , son of an originally Florentine family (father: Rosado Passerini, Mother Margherita del Braca), lived from 1494 in Florence, where he using the Florentine nobleman Mariano Zafferini and his father Rosado, who as a supporter of the family Medici was , in the favor of Lorenzo il Magnifico . He made friends with his son Giovanni de 'Medici , who later became Pope Leo X, with whom he went to war. Both were taken prisoner by the French. Passerini entered the papal service after his liberation, where he came to modest wealth as papal envoy and ambassador in Perugia and other cities of Umbria .

After Giovanni de 'Medici's election as Pope on March 11, 1513, Passerini received Pertrignano del Lago as a papal fief together with his brothers Valerio and Cosimo . On July 1, 1517 he was appointed cardinal and on July 6 of the same year he was assigned the titular church of San Lorenzo in Lucina . Furthermore, Silvio Passerini became bishop of Cortona on November 15, 1521 , with this diocese being expanded at the expense of the dioceses of Florence and Arezzo. Passerini carried out his office from the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo , the Palazzone high above Cortona , which he had restored in the Renaissance style from 1521 to 1527.

Giulio de 'Medici was elected head of the de' Medici family after Pope Leo's death and shortly afterwards Pope Clement VII. When he was called to Rome, his closest confidante, his possible illegitimate son, Duke Alessandro de 'Medici , his nephew Ippolito de' Medici and Cardinal Silvio Passerini, who was now regarded as a family member, received the reign of Florence .

After the Medici were expelled in 1527, Passerini fled to Cortona. He died on April 20, 1529 in Città di Castello . His body was later transferred to Rome and buried in his titular church, San Lorenzo in Lucina .

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SURNAME Passerini, Silvio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Passerini, Filippo Silvio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH 1469
PLACE OF BIRTH Cortona
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1529
Place of death Città di Castello