Luigi de' Rossi

Luigi de' Rossi (1474–1519) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal of San Clemente best known for being wearing red cardinal's robes in Raphael's Portrait of Leo X, with his hand rested on the back of the pope's chair.

Occupation: Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held: cardinal, protonotary apostolic
Born: August 6, 1474
Died: August 20, 1519

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Luigi de' Rossi (1474–1519) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Luigi de' Rossi was born in Florence on 6 August 1474, the son of Leonetto de' Rossi and Maria de' Medici, a member of the House of Medici. He was a cousin of Giovanni de' Medici, the future Pope Leo X, on his mother's side. He and his cousin were educated together. Early in his career, he became a protonotary apostolic.

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