Pietro Accolti

Pietro Accolti (15 March 1455 – 11 December 1532), known as the "cardinal of Ancona", was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and judge of the Roman Rota. Life He was born in Florence on 15 March 1455, the son of the famous jurist Benedetto Accolti the Elder and his wife Laura Federighi. He studied law at Pisa. In 1481, due to the influence of his uncle, Francesco Accolti, master of law, Pietro was appointed a reader of canon law. He moved to Rome sometime after 1485, and was appointed an auditor of the Roman Rota, that is, a judge who hears cases. In 1500, he became Dean of the Rota. He was made Bishop of Ancona in 1505, but continued sitting with the Rota. At a consistory on 10 March 1511,Pope Julius II named him Cardinal-Priest with the title of Sant'Eusebio. That same year, he given the administration of the bishoprics of Cadiz and Maillezais. To these were added the dioceses of Arras in 1518, and Ancona in 1523. He also had, as cardinal-bishop, starting from 18 Dec. 1523, the suburbicarian dioceses of Albano (until May 20, 1524), of Palestrina (May 20-June 15, 1524), and, finally, of Sabina (from June 15). He was abbreviator under Pope Leo X, and in that capacity drew up in 1520 the bull against Martin Luther.