Lorenzo Roverella (died 1474) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1460–1474). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

On 26 March 1460, Lorenzo Roverella was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Pius II Pope Pius II ( la, Pius PP. II, it, Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini ( la, Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus, links=no; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August ...

. He served as Bishop of Ferrara until his death in 1474. While bishop, he was the

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Giovanni Stefano Botticelli Giovanni Stefano Botticelli (died 1472) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cremona (1466–1472). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 8 October 1466, Giovanni Stefano Botticelli was appointed Bishop of Cremona by Pope Paul II. On 18 ...

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. Rovarella was a

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in the Roman Curia when

Pope Paul II Pope Paul II ( la, Paulus II; it, Paolo II; 23 February 1417 – 26 July 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 August 1464 to his death in July 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV ...

named him to proclaim an

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for the crusade against the Hussite king of Bohemia,

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in 1468.''Documents on the Papal Plenary Indulgences 1300-1517 Preached in the Regnum Teutonicum'', ed. Stuart Jenks, Leiden, Brill, 2018), 188-202.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Pius II 1474 deaths {{15C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub