Achille Grassi (16 February 1456 – 22 November 1523) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal .
Biography
Achille Grassi was born in Bologna on 16 February 1456, the son of Baldassarre Grassi, a Bolognese patrician , and Orsina Bocchi.[ 1]
He attended the University of Bologna , becoming a doctor of both laws in 1478.[ 1] canon of the cathedral chapter of Bologna Cathedral .[ 1]
He then traveled to Rome , joining his uncle Antonio, who was an auditor of the Roman Rota .[ 1] Pope Innocent VIII appointed him an auditor of the Roman Rota.[ 1] chaplain of Pope Julius II .[ 1] rector of San Clemente, San Giovanni in Persiceto .[ 1] Referendary in the Roman Curia .[ 1]
He was consecrated as a bishop in Rome by Pope Julius II on 13 February 1506.[ 1] Bishop of Città di Castello .[ 1] Pope Clement VII .[ 1]
In 1507, the pope sent him and Cardinal Antonio Pallavicini Gentili as nuncios to Louis XII of France , who was then in Genoa , to encourage him to make peace with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor .[ 1] Giovanni II Bentivoglio 's plot to poison the pope was discovered, Grassi was despatched to the Kingdom of France to ask Louis XII to withdraw his protection of Bentivoglio; Bishop Grassi was successful in carrying out this mission.[ 1] Switzerland , especially Bern to acquire soldiers for use in the War of the League of Cambrai .[ 1] Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary , and Sigismund I the Old asking for troops to use against the Ottoman Empire and addressing other issues facing the Kingdom of Poland .[ 1]
Pope Julius II made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 10 March 1511.[ 1] red hat on 13 March 1511 and the titular church of San Sisto Vecchio on 17 March 1511.[ 1]
On 30 May 1511 he was transferred to the see of Bologna ; he occupied this see until 8 January 1518, when he resigned in favor of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici.[ 1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1513 that elected Pope Leo X .[ 1] legate extraordinary to the Kingdom of England .[ 1] Santa Maria in Trastevere on 6 July 1517.[ 1] Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1517 to 8 January 1518.[ 1] bishop of Pomesania on 9 August 1521; he occupied this see until his death.[ 1]
He participated in both the papal conclave of 1521-22 that elected Pope Adrian VI and the papal conclave of 1523 that elected Pope Clement VII .[ 1]
He died in Rome on 22 November 1523, three days after the election of Pope Clement VII.[ 1] Santa Maria in Trastevere .[ 1]
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