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Leonardo Grosso della Rovere (1464 – 17 September 1520) (called theCardinal of Agen,Aginensis, orAgennensis)[1] was anItalianRoman Catholicbishop andcardinal.
Leonardo Grosso della Rovere was born inSavona in 1464, the son of Antonio Grosso and Maria della Rovere, a member of theHouse of della Rovere.[2] He was a grand-nephew ofPope Sixtus IV and a nephew of CardinalGirolamo Basso della Rovere.[2] One of his brothers,Clemente Grosso della Rovere, also became a cardinal.[2]
After studyingcanon law andcivil law, he moved toRome, becoming acanon ofSt. Peter's Basilica.[2]
On 9 December 1487 he was electedBishop of Agen.[2] He occupied that see until 22 March 1519.[2]
Pope Julius II made him acardinal priest in theconsistory of 1 December 1505.[2] He received thered hat and thetitular church ofSanti Apostoli, Rome on 17 December 1505.[2]
He accompanied the pope on his expeditions against theHouse of Bentivoglio inBologna and theBaglioni family ofPerugia.[2] He accompanied the pope toViterbo on 30 August 1506, becomingpapal legate to that city.[2] On 1 February 1507 he was made papal legate to Perugia.[2] Also in 1507, he served as theambassador ofLouis XII of France in Rome.[2]
On 15 December 1508 he opted for the titular church ofSanta Susanna.[2] He was the governor of Rome in 1510.[2] He served asMajor Penitentiary from 5 October 1511 until his death.[2] He was papal legate to thePatrimonium Sancti Petri in 1511.[2]
He participated in thepapal conclave of 1513 that electedPope Leo X.[2]
Together with CardinalLorenzo Pucci, he was theexecutor of thewill of Pope Julius II.[2] In this capacity, he collaborated withMichelangelo on theTomb of Pope Julius II inSan Pietro in Vincoli.[2]
Cardinal della Rovere opted for San Pietro in Vincoli as histitulus on 9 March 1517.[2] In 1518, he becamearchpriest of the Basilica ofSanta Maria Maggiore.[2]
He died in Rome on 17 September 1520, and was buried in theBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.[2]
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