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(1) 1. SFORZA, Ascanio Maria ()
Birth. March 3, , Cremona.
Ascanio sforza biography of william shakespeare The alliance was hoped to put some distance between Innocent and the French. References and notes [ edit ]. The circumstances are reported both by Joannes Burchard and by Paris de Grassis. On his return he felt ill.Sixth of the eight children of Francesco Sforza, first duke of Milan, and his second wife, Bianca Maria Visconti. The other siblings were Galeazzo Maria I, Ippolita Maria, Filippo Maria, Sforza Maria, Ludovico I Maria, Elisabetta and Ottaviano. He had a half-sister, Maria, from the first marriage of his father to Polissena Ruffo, countess of Corigliano and Montalto.
His father also had fourteen illegitimate children. Other cardinals of the family were Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora (); Alessandro Sforza (); Francesco Sforza (); and Federico Sforza (). His last name is also listed as Sforza Visconti.
Education.
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Early life. Protonotary apostolic. Abbot commendatario of Chiaravalle from He was part of a grand embassy to Pope Sixtus IV in August for his election to the papacy. He was proposed by Milan for promotion to the cardinalate on March 24, with others that were created and published the following December 10; he was not promoted.
Sacred orders.
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Episcopate. Named administrator of the see of Pavia, September 17, ; occupied the post until his death. Consecrated (no information found).
Ascanio sforza biography of william Abbot commendatario of the Cistercian monastery of S. Strenuous and hard-skinned as a politician, Ascanio preferred gambling rather than studying. Paris: Leroux. Administrator of the see of Pesaro, ; occupied the post until MayParticipated in a congress of Italian rulers in Cremona at the beginning of His Milanese allies requested of the pope his promotion to the cardinalate on March 6,
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of Wednesday March 17, ; the pope sent him the red hat and assigned him the deaconry of S.
Vito in Macello or S. Vito e Modesto. Arrived in Rome on August 23, , after the death of the pope. Participated in the conclave of , which elected Pope Innocent VIII; entered the conclave on August 26; he and Cardinal Giovanni d'Aragona received too late the missive of the duke of Calabria and his brother, the regent of Milan, excluding some cardinals from being elected to the papacy.
On September 22, , he was admitted to participate in the distributions of the Sacred College of Cardinals although the ceremonies of his investiture had not been finished. On that same day, he was named legate or governor of the province of the Patrimony of Saint Peter. He already showed a great tendency for luxury, a reputation as a worldly cardinal and a great ability for state affairs.
Named administrator of Novara, October 25, ; resigned the post before April 18, ; occupied the post again very briefly in May , right before his death.
Biography of william shakespeare About Verified Account. Vito e Modesto on 17 March Encyclopedia Britannica. Vincenzo ForcellaOn March 6, , he argued violently with Cardinal Jean Balue in consistory in relation to the measures of France against Naples. Administrator of the see of Cremona, July 28, ; occupied the post until his death. Left Rome for Milan on November 10, and returned to the city from Lombardy and his legation in Bologna on October 8, , with a numerous following.
Administrator of the see of Pesaro, ; occupied the post until May Abbot commendatario of the Cistercian monastery of S. Ambrogio in Milan; resigned on April 14, He laid the first stone of the cathedral of Pavia in He was in Rome on May 27, , when Ferdinando of Capua, grandson of King Ferdinando of Naples, entered Rome and the cardinal had a luxurious banquet in his honor.
After the death of Pope Innocent VIII and before the opening of the conclave, he met with Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere on the subject of the election, because he considered himself a "papabile". Participated in the conclave of , which elected Pope Alexander VI; supported the election of Cardinal Rodrigo Borja y Borja because of the promise of titles and benefices.
Named vice-chancellor of the Holy Roman Church on August 27, The new pope also gave him two canonships, the priorate of a monastery in the diocese of Calahorra, and an abbey. Resigned his deaconry of S. Vito e Modesto, August 26, ; opted for it again on January 31, and was its occupant until his death.
Administrator of the metropolitan see of Eger, August 31, ; resigned the post in June Legate in Bologna, August 31, Became guest and familiar of the pope, exercising a great influence over the pontiff. Received a papal letter, dated April 22, , in which the pope asked him to organize a procession of thanksgiving for the foundation of a league with Venice and Milan, of which the pontiff had just signed the constitutive act that was going to be published the following April He helped to realize the marriage of the pope's daughter, Lucrezia Borgia, with one of his relatives, Giovanni Sfroza, signore of Pesaro.
Ascanio sforza biography of william hamilton: This section needs additional citations for verification. As a cardinal, Ascanio's main priority was to reconcile Ferdinand I of Naples , known as Ferrante, with the Sforza dynasty. On September 22, , he was admitted to participate in the distributions of the Sacred College of Cardinals although the ceremonies of his investiture had not been finished. In other projects.
Named administrator of the see of Elne in January ; occupied the post until May Cardinal Sforza left Rome, together with Cardinal Lunati on January 16, ; on January 31, he received the absolution from the pope for having left Rome and reconciled with the pontiff; he was in Nepi and the pope recalled him to Rome; arrived on March 7, and stayed at the Apostolic Palace.
On May 27, , Cardinal Sforza accompanied the pope to Orvieto because of the approaching French troops; they returned to Rome the following June 27, the French king having left the city on June 3.
The cardinal then resided in the Cesarini palace, in front of the Tiber river and next to S. Maria del Popolo. He excused himself in the consistory of June 19, , which followed the mysterious death of the son of the pope, the duke of GandÃa, and declared himself innocent of the crime; the pope believed him and had a long interview with the cardinal on June 21; he was sent by the pontiff as legate to Naples; when he was suspected again, the cardinal prudently stayed away from Rome for several days and went to Frascati, Grottaferrata and Gennazzino; returned to Rome in August for the exequies of Cardinal Lunati and met with the pope.
He left on September 21, to fulfill a promise to Our Lady of Loreto and returned on October On December 25, , he attended an interview between the pope and the ambassadors of King Federico of Naples and the duke of Milan on the subject of the divorce of the pope's daughter, Lucrezia, and Giovanni Sforza.
In September , he saw the pope break off with him and Ludovico il Moro again; the following December, he had a lively altercation with the pope in consistory. On January 23, , he resigned the commendam of the monastery of S. Savino, diocese of Piacenza. Attended the audience of the pope with the ambassadors of Spain and Portugal in January On February 13, , he was asked by the pope to intervene before the king of Naples, but he was not able to; the difficulties increased and he left Rome on July 14, with the pretext of going hunting (he had the reputation of being a great hunter); he did not ask the pope for permission to leave the city, as required, and took all his possessions with him; he went to Nemi, and later, to Genoa and Milan, where his brother was attacked by the French; on October 11, , because of his departure, he was deprived by the pope of his legation in Bologna, which was given to Cardinal Giovanni Borgia, who was absent from Rome.
He followed his defeated brother and went to the Tyrol; on April 10, , he went to Venice; he remained there and avoided the king of France; his possessions, valued at , ducati, were confiscated and his benefices were distributed to others by the pope. On May 15, , he was taken from Venice to Milan, with other captives, and lodged in the Sforza's ch&#;teaux.
Ascanio sforza biography of william blake Tome premier. Viewing Renaissance Art. Hoping to pacify Milan, Sixtus IV attempted to create Ascanio a cardinal in but the Sacred College refused to accept him into its ranks. In the Conclave of August , after having accepted that he would not be able to obtain the papal tiara for himself, Ascanio promised his vote to Rodrigo Borgia, then- Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church.On the following June 15, he was taken to France and imprisoned in Lyon; and later at the Tour de Bourges; he was freed on January 3, , thanks to Cardinal Georges I d'Amboise, with the promise of not leaving France without royal permission; he went to Rome with Cardinal d'Amboise for the first conclave of , which elected Pope Pius III, entering Rome through the gate of S.
Maria del Popolo; he was received with enthusiasm by the Romans. He participated second conclave of , which elected Pope Julius II. Abbot commendatario of the monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll, He was a friend of intellectuals and artists and very charitable with the poor. He authored several works in Latin and Italian.
Death.
May 27, , Rome, of the plague and not poisoned as some sources have said. Buried in a remarkable Renaissancist tomb, built by Pope Julius II, work of Andrea Sansovino, in the choir of the church of S. Maria del Popolo, Rome . The tomb was finished in