Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici

Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici (13 July 1470 – 8 January 1528) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a member of the Roman Curia.

His Eminence Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici
Cardinal Bishop of Taranto
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Archdiocese of Taranto
Appointed	1525
In office	1525-1527
Predecessor	Giovanni Maria Poderico
Successor	Girolamo d'Ippolito
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Orders
Created cardinal	1 Jul 1517 by Pope Leo X
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	13 Jul 1470 Perugia
Died	Oct 1527 (age 57)
Nationality	Italian
Previous post	Administrator of Gerace (1517-1519)

Life

Medici was born in Perugia, Umbria. He was made a cardinal on the 6 July 1517 by Pope Leo X, to the titular church of San Callisto.[1] This was his fifth consistory. He was bishop of Gerace e Oppido in 1517, and archbishop of Taranto in 1525. He was bishop of Gallipoli.

In the rione Borgo the cardinal let built a magnificent palace bearing his name.

The historian Paolo Giovio wrote that the exactions and greed that the Cardinal showed in running the papal finances, as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1521, had played a large part in causing the 1527 sack of Rome, because he had alienated the Roman population.[2]

External links

• Biography

References

1. Cardinal Title S. Callisto GCatholic.org
2. E. R. Chamberlin, The Sack of Rome (1979), pp. 112-3.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bandinello Sauli	Bishop of Gerace 1517-1519	Succeeded by Alessandro Cesarini
Preceded by Giovanni Maria Poderico	Archbishop of Taranto 1513-1517	Succeeded by Girolamo d'Ippolito