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 |