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unusual facts about Bishop of Cremona



Benedetto Accolti the Younger

He was promoted bishop of Cadiz on 24 July 1521, before reaching canonical age of 27, so he was named administrator after his uncle.Then he was transferred to Cremona on 16 March 1523 again after his uncle and then named Secretary of Pope Clement VII the same year.


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Hugh of Italy

A young page educated at Hugh's court at the traditional Lombard capital, Pavia, grew up to be Liutprand, Bishop of Cremona, the liveliest chronicler of the 10th century; his loyalty to the memory of Hugh may have helped fuel some of his partisan bitterness in chronicling Hugh's heirs.