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The Most Reverend Achille Grassi | |
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| Bishop of Città di Castello | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Città di Castello |
| Appointed | 14 February 1506 |
| In office | 1506-1511 |
| Successor | Baldassarre Grassi |
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| Consecration | 13 February 1506 by Pope Julius II |
| Created cardinal | 10 March 1511 byPope Julius II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1456-02-16)February 16, 1456 |
| Died | November 22, 1523(1523-11-22) (aged 67) Rome |
| Buried | Santa Maria in Trastevere |
Achille Grassi (16 February 1456 – 22 November 1523) was anItalianRoman Catholicbishop andcardinal.
Achille Grassi was born inBologna on 16 February 1456, the son of Baldassarre Grassi, a Bolognesepatrician, and Orsina Bocchi.[1]
He attended theUniversity of Bologna, becoming adoctor of both laws in 1478.[1] He was also acanon of thecathedral chapter ofBologna Cathedral.[1]
He then traveled toRome, joining his uncle Antonio, who was anauditor of theRoman Rota.[1] When his uncle died in 1491,Pope Innocent VIII appointed him an auditor of the Roman Rota.[1] In 1503, he became achaplain ofPope Julius II.[1] The pope also named himrector of San Clemente,San Giovanni in Persiceto.[1] He then became aReferendary in theRoman Curia.[1]
He wasconsecrated as abishop in Rome by Pope Julius II on 13 February 1506.[1] The next day, he was electedBishop of Città di Castello.[1] He occupied this see until 1516, when he resigned in favor of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, the futurePope Clement VII.[1]
In 1507, the pope sent him and CardinalAntonio Pallavicini Gentili asnuncios toLouis XII of France, who was then inGenoa, to encourage him to make peace withMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.[1] In 1508, afterGiovanni II Bentivoglio's plot to poison the pope was discovered, Grassi was despatched to theKingdom of France to ask Louis XII to withdraw his protection of Bentivoglio; Bishop Grassi was successful in carrying out this mission.[1] In 1509, he was nuncio toSwitzerland, especiallyBern to acquire soldiers for use in theWar of the League of Cambrai.[1] In 1510, he was nuncio to the Emperor,Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary, andSigismund I the Old asking for troops to use against theOttoman Empire and addressing other issues facing theKingdom of Poland.[1]
Pope Julius II made him acardinal priest in theconsistory of 10 March 1511.[1] He received thered hat on 13 March 1511 and thetitular church ofSan Sisto Vecchio on 17 March 1511.[1]
On 30 May 1511 he was transferred to thesee of Bologna; he occupied this see until 8 January 1518, when he resigned in favor of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici.[1] He remained administrator of the see for the rest of his life.
He participated in thepapal conclave of 1513 that electedPope Leo X.[1] In November 1514, the new pope named himlegate extraordinary to theKingdom of England.[1] He opted for the titular church ofSanta Maria in Trastevere on 6 July 1517.[1] He wasCamerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1517 to 8 January 1518.[1] He was named alsobishop ofPomesania on 9 August 1521; he occupied this see until his death.[1]
He participated in both thepapal conclave of 1521-22 that electedPope Adrian VI and thepapal conclave of 1523 that electedPope Clement VII.[1]
He died in Rome on 22 November 1523, three days after the election of Pope Clement VII.[1] He was buried inSanta Maria in Trastevere.[1]
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