Giovanni Piccolomini
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Giovanni Piccolomini (1475–1537) was an Italian papal legate and Cardinal. He was a nephew of Pope Pius III.
He was archbishop of Siena in 1503, bishop of Sitten 1522, bishop of Aquila 1523, bishop of Albano in 1524, bishop of Palestrina in 1531, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1533, bishop of Ostia in 1535. Dean of the College of Cardinals in October 1534.
Piccolomini is the patron saint of the Stanford University Fleet Street Singers.[relevant?]
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- 1475 births
- 1537 deaths
- Italian cardinals
- Cardinal-bishops of Albano
- Cardinal-bishops of Ostia
- Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina
- Cardinal-bishops of Porto
- Diplomats of the Holy See
- Deans of the College of Cardinals
- Roman Catholic archbishops in Italy
- Bishops in Tuscany
- Bishops of L'Aquila
- Bishops in Lazio
- House of Piccolomini