Lorenzo Strozzi

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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

Family 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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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