Giovanni Piccolomini
{{Short description|Italian cardinal}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
|type = Cardinal
|image = Giovanni Piccolomini.JPG
|honorific_prefix = His Eminence
|name = Giovanni Piccolomini
|title = Dean of the College of Cardinals
|church = Roman Catholic Church
|appointed = 26 February 1535
|term_end = 21 November 1537
|predecessor = Alessandro Farnese
|successor = Giovanni Domenico de Cupis
|other_post = Apostolic Administrator of L'Aquila (1532-37)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia-Velletri (1535-37)
|cardinal = 1 July 1517
|created_cardinal_by = Pope Leo X
|rank = Cardinal-Priest (1517-24)
Cardinal-Bishop (1524-37)
|birth_name = Giovanni Piccolomini
|birth_date = 9 October 1475
|birth_place = Siena, Republic of Siena
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1537|11|21|1475|10|09}}
|death_place = Siena, Republic of Siena
|buried = Siena Cathedral
|parents = Andrea Todeschini Piccolomini
Agnese Farnese
|previous_post = Archbishop of Siena (1503-29)
Commendatory Abbot of San Galgano (1516-22)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina (1517-21)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina (1521-24)
Apostolic Administrator of L'Aquila (1523-25)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1524-31)
Apostolic Administrator of Umbriatico (1524-31)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1531-33)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1533-35)
Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals (1533-35)
|coat_of_arms = Coat Cardinals Piccolomini.svg }}
Giovanni Piccolomini (1475–1537) was an Italian papal legate and cardinal. He was a nephew of Pope Pius III.
He was made Archbishop of Siena in 1503, Bishop of Sitten in 1522, Bishop of Aquila in 1523, Bishop of Albano in 1524, Bishop of Palestrina in 1531, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1533, Bishop of Ostia in 1535.
He was made Dean of the College of Cardinals in October 1534.
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External links
- {{cite web|authorlink=Salvador Miranda (historian) |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title=PICCOLOMINI, Giovanni (1475-1537)|url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1517-ii.htm#Piccolomini |work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |accessdate=29 February 2016|publisher=Florida International University|oclc=53276621}}
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Category:16th-century Italian cardinals
Category:Cardinal-bishops of Albano
Category:Cardinal-bishops of Ostia
Category:Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina
Category:Cardinal-bishops of Porto
Category:Diplomats for the Holy See