Pietro Accolti
Pietro Accolti (15 March 1455 – 11 December 1532), known as the "cardinal of
Life
He was born in Florence on 15 March 1455, the son of the famous jurist Benedetto Accolti the Elder and his wife Laura Federighi.[1] He studied law at Pisa. In 1481, due to the influence of his uncle, Francesco Accolti, master of law, Pietro was appointed a reader of canon law. He moved to Rome sometime after 1485, and was appointed an auditor of the Roman Rota, that is, a judge who hears cases.[2]
In 1500, he became Dean of the Rota. He was made
He was abbreviator under Pope Leo X, and in that capacity drew up in 1520 the bull against Martin Luther.[7]
During the
In 1524 he was made
Accolti was an active participant in the main political and ecclesiastical events of his era. French chancellor Antoine Duprat, considered Accolti the most cultured and literate member of the college of cardinals.[2] Accolti died on 11 December 1532 in Rome and was buried in the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, without an inscription.[9]
References
- ^ Ciaconius, Alphonsus (1677). Vitae, et res gestae pontificum Romanorum et s.r.e. cardinalium (in Latin). Vol. Tomus Tertius (3). Rome: Philippus et Antonius de Rubeis (de Rossi). p. 295.
- ^ a b c "Accolti, Pietro", Treccani
- ^ Conradus Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, editio altera (Münster 1923), p. 55.
- ^ Eubel, p. 55.
- ^ Eubel, III, p. 57 column 2.
- ^ Eubel, III, p. 58 column 1.
- ^ Lorenzo Cardella (1793). Memorie storiche de' cardinali della santa Romana chiesa (in Italian). Vol. Tomo terzo (3). Roma: Pagliarini. p. 350.
- ^ "Accolti, Pietro", The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--, Volume 1, Issue 1, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Cardella, III, p. 352.
Sources
- W.W. (1842), "Accolti, Pietro," in: The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. I. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1842. pp. 225–226.
- OCLC 53276621.
- Cheney, David M. "Pietro Cardinal de Accolti de Aretio". [self-published]
- Attribution
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- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Accolti, Pietro". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Pietro Cardinal de Accolti de Aretio", retrieved: 2017-05-27. [self-published]