Everything about Pope Leo Xi totally explained
Pope Leo XI (
June 2,
1535 –
April 27,
1605), born
Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, was
Pope from
April 1,
1605 to
April 27 of the same year.
Biography
He was born in
Florence: his mother, Francesca Salviati, was a daughter of Giacomo Salviati and
Lucrezia de' Medici, a sister of
Leo X, while his father,
Ottaviano, was a more distant scion of the Medici family. After a late start, he was ordained
priest, and
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of
Tuscany, sent him as an appropriate
ambassador to
Pope Pius V, a position which he held for fifteen years.
Gregory XIII made him
bishop of Pistoia in
1573,
archbishop of Florence in
1574, and
cardinal in
1583.
In
1596,
Clement VIII sent him as legate to
France where
Maria de' Medici was queen. Alessandro was a friend and disciple of St.
Philip Neri.
On
March 14,
1605, eleven days after the death of Clement VIII, 62 cardinals entered the
conclave. Prominent among the candidates for the papacy were the great
historian Baronius and the famous
Jesuit controversialist
Robert Bellarmine. But Aldobrandini, the leader of the Italian party among the cardinals, allied with the French cardinals and brought about the election of Alessandro against the express wish of King
Philip III of Spain. King
Henry IV of France is said to have spent 300,000
écus in the promotion of Alessandro's candidacy. On April 1, 1605, Alessandro ascended the papal throne with the Medici name Leo XI, being then almost seventy years of age, but was taken ill immediately after his
coronation and died within the month.
He was nicknamed
Papa Lampo ("Lightning Pope") for the brevity of his pontificate.
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