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Marcello Crescenzi (1500 – 28 May 1552) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Marcello Crescenzi was born in Rome in 1500, the son of Mario Crescenzi and Pantasilea Capodiferro. [1]
He became a doctor of both laws. [1] He was a canon of Santa Maria Maggiore. [1] In 1525, he was made an Auditor of the Roman Rota. [1]
On 19 January 1534 he was elected Bishop of Marsi. [1] He resigned the government of the diocese sometime before 17 May 1546. [1]
Pope Paul III made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 2 June 1542. [1] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Marcello al Corso on 6 November 1542. [1]
On 2 November 1544 the pope appointed Cardinal Crescenzi to the Council of Trent. [1] On 5 May 1546 he became administrator of the see of Conza, holding that position until his death. [1]
He was a cardinal elector at the papal conclave of 1549-50 that elected Pope Julius III. [1] The new pope made Crescenzi papal legate in Bologna. [1] He was the Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 19 January 1551 to 8 January 1552. [1] The pope named him to a commission on church reform on 18 February 1551 and, on 4 March 1551, named him legate a latere to the Council of Trent. [1]
He died in Verona as he was returning to Rome from Trent on 28 May 1552. [1] His remains were returned to Rome and he was buried in Santa Maria Maggiore. [1]
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