Crasso Family
Crasso is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Francesco Crasso (1500–1566), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Rodrigo Crasso (born 1987), Brazilian footballer {{Short pages monitor ...
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Francesco Crasso
Francesco Crasso (1500–1566) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Francesco Crasso was born in Milan in 1500, the son of Pietro Antonio Crasso, a Milanese noble related to the '' signoria'' of Zibido San Giacomo and Lambro. He was from a Neapolitan patrician family. He was educated in Milan, becoming a doctor of both laws. On December 28, 1535, he became a member of the Senate of Milan. He became president of the ''Magistrato delle entrate'' in 1548. He was a counselor of Philip II of Spain, who held the title of Duke of Milan. He became governor of Siena and Cremona. He was the ambassador of the Duchy of Milan to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Crasso was married and had several children. After the death of his wife, he moved to Rome, where his good friend Pope Pius IV made him a protonotary apostolic ''participantium''. He also became a referendary of the Apostolic Signatura. On January 5, 1565, the pope named him governor of Bologna. Upon the suggest ...
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