Lorenzo Strozzi (December 3, 1513 – December 14, 1571) was an Italian
abbot and
cardinal
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. He was the son of
Filippo Strozzi, a member of the powerful
Strozzi family
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of
Florence, and
Clarice de' Medici
Clarice di Piero de' Medici (1489–1528) was the daughter of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and Alfonsina Orsini.
Born in Florence, she was the granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, niece of Pope Leo X and sister to Lorenzo II de' Medici. After h ...
.
Lorenzo Strozzi was born in
Florence. His ecclesiastical career developed in
France, first as abbot of Saint-Victor in
Marseille (which he renounced in 1561), later as abbot of Villar San Costanzo at
Staffarda, and then as
bishop of Béziers in 1548. He fought firmly the spread of
Calvinism in
Languedoc, supported by the French queen
Catherine de' Medici
Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King ...
, who had grown up with Lorenzo after her father's death.
He was created cardinal by
Pope Paul IV in the
consistory of March 15, 1557, with the title of
Santa Balbina.
Later he was
archbishop of Albi (1561),
archbishop of Aix-en-Provence
The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles''; Occitan Provençal: ''Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle'' or ''Archidioucès ...
(1568-1571)
and
archbishop of Siena
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from 1568.
He died at
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...
in 1571.
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1513 births
1571 deaths
Nobility from Florence
Lorenzo
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16th-century Italian cardinals
Archbishops of Aix
Bishops of Albi
Bishops of Béziers
Clergy from Florence
16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops