Lorenzo Strozzi (December 3, 1513 – December 14, 1571) was an Italian

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and cardinal. He was the son of

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, a member of the powerful Strozzi family of

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, and Clarice de' Medici. Lorenzo Strozzi was born in

. His ecclesiastical career developed in

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, first as abbot of Saint-Victor in

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(which he renounced in 1561), later as abbot of Villar San Costanzo at

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, and then as

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in 1548. He fought firmly the spread of

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, supported by the French queen Catherine de' Medici, who had grown up with Lorenzo after her father's death. He was created cardinal by

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in the

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of March 15, 1557, with the title of

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. Later he was

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(1561), archbishop of Aix-en-Provence (1568-1571) and archbishop of Siena from 1568. He died at Avignon in 1571.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Strozzi, Lorenzo 1513 births 1571 deaths Nobility from Florence Lorenzo 16th-century Italian cardinals Archbishops of Aix Bishops of Albi Bishops of Béziers Clergy from Florence 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops