Lorenzo Strozzi

Lorenzo Strozzi (December 3, 1513 – December 14, 1571) 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 (to which he renounced in 1561), 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 (1561), archbishop of Aix-en-Provence (1562) and archbishop of Siena from 1568.

He died at Avignon in 1571.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lorenzo Strozzi

16. Simone Strozzi

8. Matteo Strozzi

17. Andreina Rondinelli

4. Filippo Strozzi the Elder

18. Filippo Macinghi

9. Alessandra Macinghi

2. Filippo Strozzi the Younger

10. Bartolommeo Gianfigliazzi

5. Salvaggia Gianfigliazzi

1. Lorenzo Strozzi

24. Piero de' Medici

12. Lorenzo de' Medici

25. Lucrezia Tornabuoni

6. Piero de' Medici

26. Jacopo Orsini, Lord of Monterotondo and Bracciano

13. Clarice Orsini

27. Maddalena Orsini (daughter of 28 and 29)

3. Clarice de' Medici

28. Carlo Orsini, Lord of Bracciano

14. Roberto Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo

29. Paola Orsini

7. Alfonsina Orsini

30. Amerigo Sanseverino, Count of Capaccio

15. Caterina Sanseverino

31. Margherita Sanseverino

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Biography

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by François Gouffier	Bishop of Béziers 1547–1561	Succeeded by Julien de Médicis
Preceded by Pedro Pacheco de Villena	Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina 1557–1571	Succeeded by Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta
Preceded by Louis I of Lothringen-Guise	Archbishop of Albi 1561–1567	Succeeded by Philippe de Rodolfis
Preceded by Jean de Saint-Chamond	Archbishop of Aix 1568–1571	Succeeded by Julien de Médicis

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 208293639 SUDOC: 125062931

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