Francesco Cornaro (1478 – 26 September 1543) was an Italian

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. He was born in

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. He was made cardinal on 20 December 1527 by Pope

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in his fourth

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. He was installed as

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on 27 April 1528. He was appointed

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(and possibly later bishop) of

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in March 1531; he resigned his office in Brescia in March 1532. In April 1534 he was appointed Cardinal Priest of

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, in September 1534, Cardinal Priest of

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and in May 1535 Cardinal Priest of

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. In March 1541 he was appointed Cardinal Priest of

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. Later in 1541, in November, he was appointed

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of Albano, and in February 1543 Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina. Cardinal Cornaro died in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornaro, Francesco 16th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Albano Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina Bishops of Brescia 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Venice 1478 births 1543 deaths Francesco, Cardinal