Pope Leo XI

Head of the Catholic Church in 1605

Pope

Leo XI

Bishop of Rome

Leo XI in a 1605 engraving

Church| Catholic Church
Papacy began| 1 April 1605
Papacy ended| 27 April 1605
Predecessor| Clement VIII
Successor| Paul V
Previous post(s)|

* Bishop of Pistoia (1573)
* Archbishop of Florence (1574–1596)
* Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta (1583–1591)
* Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (1591–1592)
* Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede (1592–1594)
* Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (1594–1600)
* Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1598–1605)
* Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (1600)
* Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1600–1602)
* Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1602–1605)

Orders
Ordination| 22 July 1567
by Antonio Altoviti
Consecration| March 1573
by Francisco Pacheco de Villena (Toledo)
Created cardinal| 12 December 1583
by Gregory XIII
Personal details
Born|

Alessandro di Ottaviano de' Medici

2 June 1535

Florence, Duchy of Florence

Died| 27 April 1605(1605-04-27) (aged 69)
Rome, Papal States
Signature|
Coat of arms|
Other popes named Leo

Pope Leo XI (Italian: Leone XI; 2 June 1535 – 27 April 1605), born Alessandro di Ottaviano de' Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 April 1605 to his death, on 27 April 1605.[1] His pontificate is one of the briefest in history, having lasted under a month. He was from the prominent House of Medici originating from Florence.[2] Medici's mother opposed his entering the priesthood and sought to prevent it by having him given secular honours, but after her death he eventually was ordained a priest in 1567. In his career he served as Florence's ambassador to the pope, Bishop of Pistoia, Archbishop of Florence, Papal legate to France, and as the cardinal Prefect for the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. He was elected to the papacy in the March 1605 papal conclave when he was almost seventy. He almost immediately suffered from fever and died 27 days into his papacy.

## Biography

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### Early life

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Alessandro di Ottaviano de' Medici was born in Florence[3] as the son of Ottaviano de' Medici and Francesca Salviati. His family belonged to Medici di Ottajano, a cadet branch of the House of Medici. Ottaviano died early in his son's life, and thereafter Alessandro was home schooled by a Dominican priest, Vincenzo Ercolano.[4]

Alessandro felt the call to the priesthood, but his mother opposed this since he was the only male in the family. She sent him instead to the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, who appointed him a knight of San Stefano. In 1560 he travelled to Rome where he commenced a lifelong friendship and collaboration with Philip Neri, the future saint. It was Philip who predicted that Alessandro would ascend to the pontificate. His mother died in 1566, at which point he resumed his studies to become a priest. His ordination took place on 22 July 1567.[5]

### Priesthood

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Tomb of Leo XI in St. Peter's Basilica, by Alessandro Algardi

Alessandro served as the Florentine ambassador to Pope Pius V from 1569 to 1584 and in 1573 was appointed by Pope Gregory XIII Bishop of Pistoia. In March 1573 he received episcopal consecration in Rome. In 1574 he was made Archbishop of Florence.[4]

In 1583 he was made a cardinal by Pope Sixtus V and on 9 January 1584 received the title of Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, after a titular church previously known as San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane. In later years, according to custom he would opt for other titular churches.[3][6]

In 1596 Pope Clement VIII sent Alessandro as a papal legate to France, where he remained until 1598, when he received word of his appointment as Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars.[7]

## Pontificate

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### Papal election

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Main article: March–April 1605 papal conclave

On 14 March 1605, eleven days after the death of Clement VIII, 62 cardinals entered the conclave. Prominent among the candidates for the papacy were the great historian Caesar Baronius and the famous Jesuit controversialist Robert Bellarmine, future saint.

But Pietro Aldobrandini, the leader of the Italian party among the cardinals, allied with the French cardinals and brought about the election of Alessandro against the express wish of King Philip III of Spain. King Henry IV of France is said to have spent 300,000 écus in the promotion of Alessandro's candidacy.[8]

On 1 April 1605, Cardinal Alessandro de' Medici was elected as pope. He chose to be called Leo XI in honor of his uncle Pope Leo X.[3] He was crowned on 10 April 1605 by the protodeacon, Cardinal Francesco Sforza and he took possession of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran on 17 April 1605.

## Death

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When he was elected, Leo XI was almost 70 years of age, and he died 27 days later.[9] His death came as a result of fatigue and cold in the ceremony of taking possession of the Basilica of St John Lateran on 17 April; he started suffering from a fever the following day.

## See also

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* List of popes
* List of popes from the Medici family
* List of popes by length of reign

## References

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1. ^ "Leo XI". Encyclopaedia Britannica.
2. ^ "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2013–3–15.
3. ^ a b c Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope Leo XI" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
4. ^ a b McBrien, Richard P. (2000). Lives of the Popes. HarperCollins. p. 298\. ISBN 0-06-065304-3.
5. ^ "Pope Leo XI". Saints SQPN. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help)
6. ^ Cornelison, Sallyj (5 July 2017). Art and the Relic Cult of St. Antoninus in Renaissance Florence. Routledge. p. 126\. ISBN 9781351575645.
7. ^ Levillain, Philippe, ed. (2002). "Leo XI". The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 2\. p. 929\. ISBN 9780415922289.
8. ^ Duffy, Eamon (2006). Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes. Yale University Press. p. 236\. ISBN 0300115970.
9. ^ George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes, (McFarland & Company, 1998), 75.

## External links

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* Media related to Leo XI at Wikimedia Commons
* Works by or about Leo XI at Wikisource
* Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Leo XI
* Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Medici Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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* Pistoia
* San Piero a Sieve
* Siena
* Volterra

Chapels|

* Magi Chapel
* Medici Chapels, San Lorenzo
* New Sacristy
* Cappella dei Principi
* Old Sacristy

Patronage|

| Painters, sculptors and architects|

* Bartolomeo Ammannati
* Sandro Botticelli
* Filippo Brunelleschi
* Michelangelo
* Michelangelo and the Medici
* Bernardo Buontalenti
* Leonardo da Vinci
* Donatello
* Michelozzo
* Antonio del Pollaiuolo
* Jacopo della Quercia
* Giorgio Vasari

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Poets and other literary figures|

* Agnolo Poliziano
* Niccolò Machiavelli

Humanists and philosophers|

* Pico della Mirandola
* Marsilio Ficino

Scientists|

* Galileo Galilei

Musicians|

* Emilio de' Cavalieri
* Jacopo Peri

Heraldry|

* Medici coat of arms
* Crown of the Grand Duke of Tuscany
* Order of Saint Stephen

Institutions|

* Medici Bank

Art|

* Medici lions
* Medici porcelain
* Medici Vase
* Venus de' Medici
* Arazzeria Medicea

Family tree|

* Princes of Ottajano

Related|

* Medici giraffe
* Galilean moons
* Stories set to music: "opera"
* Alberti
* Albizzi
* Pazzi conspiracy
* Savonarola
* TV series
* episodes

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Italy
* Czech Republic
* Spain
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Vatican
* Israel
* Catalonia

Artists|

* ULAN

People|

* Italian People
* Deutsche Biographie
* DDB

Other|

* IdRef
* SNAC
* RISM
* Yale LUX

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* Biography
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