[1] After obtaining a doctorate in law, he joined the Canons Regular at Sant'Antonio in Milan.
[1] He also served on the privy council of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan.
[1] Settling in Rome, he became first a protonotary apostolic and then an Auditor of the Roman Rota.
[1] On August 27, 1487, he was elected Bishop of Como; he subsequently held this office until his death.
[1] At Louis' request, Pope Alexander VI made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of September 28, 1500.