Francesco di Tommaso Soderini (10 June 1453 – 17 May 1524) was a major diplomatic and Church figure of Renaissance Italy, and brother of

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. He was an adversary of the

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Biography

On 27 Mar 1486, he was ordained a priest by Rinaldo Orsini,

Archbishop of Florence The Archdiocese of Florence () is a Latin Church metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy.

. He became Bishop of Volterra in 1478, by nomination, resigning in 1509. In 1487, he was ordained and received his cardinalate in 1503, supported by

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. He was Bishop of Cortona from 1504–1505 and held further church posts. He was complicit in the plot of fellow Cardinals

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and

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against

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for the benefit of Cardinal Riario; he went into voluntary exile in 1517, returning to Rome in 1521.

References and notes

Bibliography

* K. J. P. Lowe, ''Church and Politics in Renaissance Italy: The Life and Career of Cardinal Francesco Soderini, 1453-1524'' *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soderini, Francesco 1453 births 1524 deaths 16th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Albano Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina Cardinal-bishops of Porto Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Cardinals created by Pope Alexander VI Bishops of Anagni Bishops of Cortona Bishops of Narni Bishops of Saintes Bishops of Tivoli Bishops of Volterra 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops