Luigi de' Rossi

Luigi de' Rossi
Detail from Raphael's Portrait of Leo X
Born(1474-08-06)August 6, 1474
Florence, Republic of Florence
DiedAugust 20, 1519(1519-08-20) (aged 45)
Rome, Papal States
Known forDepicted in Raphael's Portrait of Leo X
TitleCardinal priest of San Clemente
Term6 July 1517 – 20 August 1519
PredecessorGiulio de Medici
SuccessorDomenico Giacobazzi
RelativesPope Leo X (first cousin)

Luigi de' Rossi (1474–1519) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal of San Clemente best known for being wearing red cardinal's robes in Raphael's Portrait of Leo X, with his hand rested on the back of the pope's chair.

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