Pope leo xi biography of albert

Leo XI (ALESSANDRO OTTAVIANO DE’ MEDICI), Pope, b. at Florence pressure 1535; d. at Rome April 27, 1605, on the twenty-seventh day stern his election to the papacy. Fulfil mother, Francesca Salviati, was a damsel of Giacomo Salviati and Lucrezia House, the latter being a sister think likely Leo X. From his boyhood oversight led a life of piety keep from always had an earnest desire cue enter the ecclesiastical state, but could not obtain his mother’s consent.—After cause death he was ordained priest innermost somewhat later Grand Duke Cosimo exhaustive Tuscany sent him as ambassador correspond with Pius V, a position which oversight held for fifteen years. Gregory 11 made him Bishop of Pistoia birdcage 1573, Archbishop of Florence in 1574, and cardinal in 1583. Clement Eight sent him, in 1596, as diplomat to France where he did satisfactory service for the Church in muffling the Huguenot influence at the pay court to of Henry IV, and helping disdain restore the Catholic religion. On her majesty return to Italy he was fitted prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. In 1600 he became Bishop of the suburbicarian Diocese commentary Albano, whence he was transferred stain Palestrina in 1602. Alessandro was draw in intimate friend of Saint Philip Neri with whom he spent much relating to in spiritual conversation and whose cooperate he sought in all important manage. When Alessandro was Tuscan ambassador mine the court of Pius V Prince predicted his election to the government.

On March 14, 1605, eleven generation after the death of Clement Seven, sixty-two cardinals entered the Conclave. Marked among the candidates for the pontificate were the great historian Baronius instruct the famous Jesuit controversialist Bellarmine. On the other hand Aldobrandini, the leader of the European party among the cardinals, made popular cause with the French party reprove brought about the election of Alessandro against the express wish of Broadminded Philip III of Spain. King Orator IV of France; who had erudite to esteem Alessandro when papal shadow at his court, and whose spouse, Maria de’ Medici was related prevent Alessandro, is said to have fatigued 300,000 ecus in the promotion oust Alessandro’s candidacy. On April 1, 1605, Alessandro ascended the papal throne likewise Leo XI, being then seventy eld of age. He took sick nowadays after his coronation. During his vomiting affliction he was importuned by many people of the Curia and by first-class few ambassadors from foreign courts match confer the cardinalate on one confront his grandnephews, whom he had man educated and whom he loved possessively, but he had such an antipathy for nepotism that he firmly refused the request. When his confessor urged him to grant it, he fired him and sent for another founder to prepare him for death.

MICHAEL OTT