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Cardinal Francesco Pisani

Francesco Pisani (1494–1570) was an Italian Cardinal, from 1517.

He was bishop of Padua in 1524, bishop of Narbonne in 1551, bishop of Albano in 1555, bishop of Frascati in 1557, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1562, and bishop of Ostia in 1564.

He was a patron of the arts. He commissioned a house in Montagnana, the Villa Pisani, from Andrea Palladio. He also commissioned a Paolo Veronese altarpiece for Montagna cathedral in the same years, the early 1550s.
 
 
 
Date Event Title
1 Jul 1517 Elevated to Cardinal
8 Aug 1524 Appointed Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
5 May 1527 Ordained Bishop Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
1555 Resigned Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
29 May 1555 Appointed Bishop of Albano, Italy
20 Sep 1557 Appointed Bishop of Frascati, Italy
18 May 1562 Appointed Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, Italy
12 May 1564 Appointed Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
28 Jun 1570 Died Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

Source: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpisf.html