Georg Hessler

Georg Hesler (1427–1482) (called the Cardinal of Santa Lucia) was a German Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.

Georg Hesler was born in Würzburg in 1427, the second son of commoners Hans and Agatha Hesler. With his brother Johannes, he traveled to Italy in 1454, studying at the University of Pavia and becoming a doctor of both laws.

After graduating, he went to the papal court in Rome where Pope Callixtus III appointed him privy treasurer on 5 May 1456. He became a canon of the Stiftskirche dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul in Öhringen, and of the church dedicated to St. Stephan in Bamberg. He was also awarded the parish of Dollnstein. He was ordained as a priest by Giovanni Castiglione, Bishop of Pavia, in 1458.

He then returned to help his family recover possessions they had lost. During this time, he entered the service of Dietrich Schenk von Erbach, Archbishop of Mainz. After the death of the archbishop's secretary, Hesler took over as his secretary, and gained a canonry in the collegiate church of Saints Peter and Alexander in Aschaffenburg.

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