Raffaello Petrucci

Raffaele Petrucci (also Raffaello Petrucci, * 1472 in Siena, † December 11, 1522 in Rome ) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Governor of Siena.

Life

He was nephew of the ruler, the Sienese Pandolfo Petrucci. His father was Jacopo Petrucci (also Giacoppo ), the brother of Pandolfo. Jacopo Petrucci acquired around 1490 plots available from the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala to build the later Palazzo del Governatore mentioned palace near the Duomo of Siena here. The building was later expanded by Raffaele Petrucci. Additional possessions of Petrucci Castello di Bibbiano belonged in today Buonconvento, he was restored by Baldassare Peruzzi. Since August 4, 1497 Bishop of Grosseto, Pope Leo X raised him on 1 July 1517 and made him cardinal on December 26, 1517, Cardinal Priest of the titular church of Santa Susanna. From March 1513 to March 1516 he served as Castellano (cardinal prefect ) in the Castel Sant'Angelo. From March 14 1519 to March 14 In 1520 he was Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Bertinoro ( Forlì- Bertinoro diocese today ). The Office of the Bishop of Sovana (now Diocese of Pitigliano Sovana - Orbetello - ) he held from 1520 to 1522. He participated in the conclave in Rome 1521-1522 in part, at the Hadrian VI. was elected Pope. He had taken in the spring of 1516, when the geo-strategy of the Medici be attacked under Leo X. to Siena and had forced the flight of Cousins ​​Borghese Petrucci political office. He died in Rome and was buried in the Basilica di San Domenico in Siena.