Leonardo Cardinal Grosso della Rovere †

Deceased

Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli

Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1464²		Born
9 Dec 1487	23.9	Appointed	Bishop of Agen, France
1 Dec 1505	41.9	Elevated to Cardinal
17 Dec 1505	41.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
15 Sep 1508	44.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
5 Oct 1511	47.7	Appointed	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
4 Mar 1517	53.1	Appointed	Bishop of Lucca, Italy
9 Mar 1517	53.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
9 Mar 1517	53.1	Resigned	Bishop of Lucca, Italy
Feb 1518³	54.0	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
22 Mar 1519	55.2	Resigned	Bishop of Agen, France
17 Sep 1520	56.7	Died	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Leonardo Grosso della Rovere
(VIAF: 303904741; WikiData: Q1088177)
Leonardo Cardinal Grosso della Rovere (born 1464, died 17 Sep 1520) Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary

Consistory - 1505: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1513: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Savona, Diocese of Savona, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a cardinal for 14.7 years

Principal Consecrator of:
Sisto Cardinal Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) † (1509)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Savona, Diocese of Savona, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 1 Dec 1505
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 229
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 82
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1487, Number 40*

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