This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Lorenzo Campeggio (7 November 1474 – 19 July 1539) was an Italian cardinal and politician. He was the last cardinal protector of England.
Lorenzo Campeggio | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina Cardinal protector of England | |
 | |
| Diocese | Sabina |
| Appointed | 28 November 1537 |
| Term ended | 19 July 1539 |
| Predecessor | Bonifacio Ferrero |
| Successor | Antonio Sanseverino |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Feltre (1512–1520) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 6 April 1518 |
| Created cardinal | 1 July 1517 by Leo X |
| Rank |
|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1474 |
| Died | 19 July 1539 (aged 64) Rome, Papal States |
| Buried |
|
| Parents | Giovanni Zaccaria Campeggio and Dorotea Tebaldini |
| Spouse | Francesca Guastavillani |
| Children | 5 |
Life
editCampeggio was born in Milan to a noble family, the eldest of five sons.[1]
Campeggio initially intended to pursue a career in law, obtaining his degree in 1499.[2] In 1510, following the death of his wife, Campeggio began to serve the Catholic Church.
In 1511 and from 1513 to 1517, Campeggio served as nuncio on two separate occasions to Maximilian I.[3] In 1517, during his second period as nuncio to Maximilian I, Leo X made him a cardinal.[1]
On 22 January 1523, Campeggio was appointed cardinal–protector of England. While in England, Campeggio was tasked with convincing Henry VIII to pledge his support to a planned crusade against Selim I that was envisioned by Leo X.[1][4] In 1528, Campeggio returned to England in order to hear the case for divorce between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Due to the mental duress and his affliction with gout, this period of time was particularly unpleasant for Campeggio.
Campeggio wrote his De depravato statu ecclesiae for Adrian VI, which proposed radical reforms for the papal bureaucracy.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Gairdner, James. . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 08. p. 398.
- ^ "England Under The Tudors: Cardinal Campeggio. Biography of Lorenzo Campeggio (1464-1532)". www.luminarium.org. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Lorenzo Campeggio | Pope, Papal Legate, Diplomat | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Hayes, Carlton J. H. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 433–436.
- ^ Walser, Isabella (29 July 2015). "Lorenzo Campeggis Promemoria ad Hadrianum Papam VI. de depravato statu Romanae Ecclesiae (1522) im religions-, gattungs- und literaturgeschichtlichen Kontext". Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte (in German). 67 (2): 142–166. doi:10.1163/15700739-90000163. ISSN 0044-3441.
Further reading
edit- Wilkie, William E. 1974. The cardinal protectors of England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20332-5.
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Miranda, Salvador. "CAMPEGGIO, Lorenzo (1474-1539)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
- E. V. Cardinal, Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio, legate to the courts of Henry VIII and Charles V (1935)
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
