Cardinal Campeggio
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His Eminence Lorenzo Campeggio |
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| Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina | |
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| Diocese | Diocese of Sabina |
| Appointed | 28 November 1537 |
| Term ended | 19 July 1539 |
| Predecessor | Bonifacio Ferrero |
| Successor | Antonio Sanseverino |
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| Consecration | 6 April 1518 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1474 Milan |
| Died | 19 July 1539 (aged 64) |
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| Parents | Giovanni Zaccaria Campeggio and Dorotea Tebaldini |
| Spouse | Francesca Guastavillani |
| Children | five children |
Lorenzo Campeggio (1474–1539) was an Italian cardinal and politician. He was the last cardinal protector of England.
Campeggio was born in Milan, the eldest of five sons. In 1500, he took his doctorate in canon and civil law at Bologna and married Francesca Guastavillani with whom he had five children. When she died in 1509, Campeggio began an ecclesiastical career under Pope Julius II's patronage.
He was soon appointed to two diplomatic missions, both against the Council of Pisa, first to the emperor Maximilian I, who gave him the Bishopric of Feltre in 1512 (held until 1520), and then in 1512–13 to the Duke of Milan. In 1513 he returned to Germany seeking a league against the Turks. Pope Leo X made him a Cardinal on 1 July 1517, and Maximilian made him Cardinal–protector of the Holy Roman Empire. On 3 March 1518 he was sent to England as part of Leo's peace policy. This gave Thomas Wolsey the chance to become legate himself by using permission for Campeggio to enter England as leverage, and then to outmanoeuvre the new legate when he arrived, taking over the process of peace-making which led to the Treaty of London in 1519. He was also a member of Johann Goritz's humanist sodality.
Campeggio was appointed cardinal–protector of England on 22 January 1523. He was not involved in much English business, except for the referring of episcopal provisions in consistory. The election of Pope Adrian VI in 1522 cemented his position in the Roman Curia.
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