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'''Lorenzo Campeggio''' (7 November 1474 – 19 July 1539) was an [[Italians|Italian]] cardinal and politician. He was the last [[cardinal protector of England]].

==Life==
Campeggio was born in [[Milan]] to a noble family, the eldest of five sons.

Campeggio initially intended to pursue a career in law, obtaining his degree in 1499. In 1510, following the death of his wife, Campeggio began to serve the [[Catholic Church]].

In 1511 and from 1513 to 1517, Campeggio served as nuncio on two separate occasions to [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]]. In 1517, during his second period as nuncio to Maximilian I, [[Pope Leo X|Leo X]] made him a cardinal.

On 22 January 1523, Campeggio was appointed cardinal–protector of [[Kingdom of England|England]]. While in England, Campeggio was tasked with convincing [[Henry VIII]] to pledge his support to a planned crusade against [[Selim I]] that was envisioned by Leo X. In 1528, Campeggio returned to England in order to hear the case for divorce between Henry VIII and [[Catherine of Aragon]]. Due to the mental duress and his affliction with gout, this period of time was particularly unpleasant for Campeggio.

Campeggio wrote his ''De depravato statu ecclesiae'' for [[Pope Adrian VI|Adrian VI]], which proposed radical reforms for the papal bureaucracy.

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