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, was a medieval

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, the second of four Italian absentees to hold the see before the Reformation.Down, Kevin. "The Administration of the Diocese of Worcester under the Italian Bishops, 1427-1535", ''Midland History'', Volume 20, 1995 - Issue 1
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, was nominated on 24 December 1498 and consecrated about 6 April 1499. He was implicated but never charged in the 1514 murder by poison of

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. He died on 16 April 1521.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 280 The position was then held by Giulio de' Medici, the

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