Lorenzo Campeggio

Lorenzo Campeggio (7 November 1474 – 19 July 1539) was an Italian cardinal and politician. He was the last cardinal protector of England.

Life

Campeggio was born in Milan, the eldest of five sons.

Campeggio was appointed cardinal–protector of England on 22 January 1523.

Campeggio wrote his De depravato statu ecclesiae for Adrian, which proposed radical reforms for the papal bureaucracy.

References

E. V. Cardinal, Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio, legate to the courts of Henry VIII and Charles V (1935)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
"Campeggio, Lorenzo" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Further reading

Wilkie, William E. 1974. The cardinal protectors of England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20332-5.
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lorenzo Campeggio" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Miranda, Salvador. "CAMPEGGIO, Lorenzo (1474-1539)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.