Leonardo Grosso della Rovere
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Leonardo Grosso della Rovere (1464 – 17 September 1520) (called the Cardinal of Agen) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
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Leonardo Grosso della Rovere was born in Savona in 1464, the son of Antonio Grosso and Maria della Rovere, a member of the House of della Rovere.[1] He was a grand-nephew of Pope Sixtus IV and a nephew of Cardinal Girolamo Basso della Rovere.[1] One of his brothers, Clemente Grosso della Rovere, also became a cardinal.[1]
After studying canon law and civil law, he moved to Rome, becoming a canon of St. Peter's Basilica.[1]
On 9 December 1487 he was elected Bishop of Agen.[1] He occupied that see until 22 March 1519.[1]
Pope Julius II made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 1 December 1505.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santi Apostoli, Rome on 17 December 1505.[1]
He accompanied the pope on his expeditions against the House of Bentivoglio in Bologna and the Baglioni family of Perugia.[1] He accompanied the pope to Viterbo on 30 August 1506, becoming papal legate to that city.[1] On 1 February 1507 he was made papal legate to Perugia.[1] Also in 1507, he served as the ambassador of Louis XII of France in Rome.[1]
On 15 December 1508 he opted for the titular church of Santa Susanna.[1] He was the governor of Rome in 1510.[1] He served as Major Penitentiary from 5 October 1511 until his death.[1] He was papal legate to the Patrimonium Sancti Petri in 1511.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1513 that elected Pope Leo X.[1]
Together with Cardinal Lorenzo Pucci, he was the executor of the will of Pope Julius II.[1] In this capacity, he collaborated with Michelangelo on the Tomb of Pope Julius II in San Pietro in Vincoli.[1]
Cardinal della Rovere opted for San Pietro in Vincoli as his titulus on 9 March 1517.[1] In 1518, he became archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.[1]
He died in Rome on 17 September 1520, and was buried in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.[1]
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