Alessandro Cesarini

Alessandro Cesarini (died 13 February 1542), bishop of Pistoia,[1] was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

He was made cardinal deacon on 1 July 1517[2] and received the deaconry of Sts.

In the sack of Rome by mutinous troops of Charles V in 1527, he was one of the cardinals held hostage.

He was appointed bishop of Palestrina, Italy in 1541, in which office he died on 13 February 1542 in Rome.

He was buried in his family’s tomb in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome.