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Ferdinando Ponzetti (1444–1527) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Ferdinando Ponzetti was born in Florence in 1444, the son of a noble Neapolitan family. [1] He studied Christian theology, philosophy, Greek, Latin and medicine. [1]
He was the personal physician of Pope Innocent VIII. [1] He was then Lector of the Audience of lettere Contraddette. [1] He was an Apostolic Secretary under Pope Alexander VI and Pope Julius II. [1] He then joined the Apostolic Camera, serving as its dean, president, and treasurer in 1513. [1]
On 20 April 1517 he was elected Bishop of Molfetta. [1] He was consecrated as a bishop in the Vatican in camera superiore by Pope Leo X. [1]
Pope Leo X made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 1 July 1517. [1] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Pancrazio. [1]
He resigned the administration of the see of Molfetta to his nephew Giacomo Ponzetta on 12 July 1518. [1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1521-22 that elected Pope Adrian VI. [1] On 22 December 1522 he was transferred to the see of Grosseto, occupying this see until resigning on 25 February 1527. [1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1523 that elected Pope Clement VII. [1] He lost all of his wealth during the Bourbon sack of Rome in 1526. [1]
Following mistreatment by imperial soldiers during the Sack of Rome (1527), he died in Rome on 9 September 1527. [1] He is buried in Santa Maria della Pace. [1]
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