Adriano Castellesi

Adriano Castellesi
Cardinal Priest of S. Crisogono
In office1503–1521
PredecessorGiovanni Battista Ferrari
SuccessorAlbrecht von Brandenburg
Other post(s)Bishop of Hereford (1502–1504)
Secretary to Pope Alexander VI (1503)
Bishop of Bath and Wells (1504–1518)
Orders
Created cardinal31 May 1503
by Alexander VI
Personal details
Bornc. 1460
Diedc. 1521 (aged roughly 61 years)
NationalityItalian
DenominationCatholic

Adriano Castellesi (c. 1461-c. 1521), also known as Adriano de Castello or Hadrian de Castello, was an Italian cardinal, an English agent in Rome, and a writer. He was born in Corneto, which is today's Tarquinia. He was the child of a modest family.[1]

  1. ^ Paschini, Pio (1957). Tre illustri prelati del Rinascimento : Ermolao Barbaro, Adriano Castellesi, Giovanni Grimani. Facultas Theologica Pontificii Athenaei Lateranensis. p. 88. OCLC 10636478.

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