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Lorenzo Strozzi
Deceased Person
1513 – 1571
Who was Lorenzo Strozzi?
Lorenzo Strozzi was an Italian abbot and cardinal. He was the son of Filippo Strozzi, a member of the powerful Strozzi family of Florence, and Clarice de' Medici.
Lorenzo Strozzi was born in Florence. His ecclesiastical career developed in France, first as abbot of Saint-Victor in Marseille, later as abbot of Villar San Costanzo at Staffarda, and finally as bishop of Béziers in 1548. He fought firmly the spread of Calvinism in Languedoc, supported by the French queen Catherine de' Medici, who had grown up with Lorenzo after her father's death.
He was created cardinal by Pope Paul IV in the consistory of March 15, 1557, with the title of Santa Balbina.
Later he was archbishop of Albi, archbishop of Aix-en-Provence and archbishop of Siena from 1568.
He died at Avignon in 1571.
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- Born
- Dec 3, 1513
Florence - Parents
- Lived in
- Florence
- Died
- Dec 14, 1571
Avignon
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on July 23, 2013
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