Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere (1471 – 11 September 1508) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

[1] He was a patron of the arts and a good friend of Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici, who later became Pope Leo X.

[1] One historian notes: "Although Giovio states explicitly that this newly formed intimacy between the Medici and Franciotto had its origin in the diplomatic aims of the former rather than in any mutual inclination of the two young men, yet it is certain that ere long Giovanni grew deeply attached to Galeotto, and that the sorrow expressed by him at the papal nephew's sudden and premature death was both genuine and abiding, for on the testimony of Tommaso Inghirami, we learn that in after years, when the Cardinal de' Medici had been transformed into the Pontiff Leo X, he could not endure to hear Galeotto's name mentioned in his presence, and if anyone were so careless as to allude to his passed friend, the Pope would invariably turn aside his face to hide the tears he was unable to repress.

"[2]The services of della Rovere to England as Cardinal protector are noted as the granting of a papal indulgence to John Mortymen, a chamber of official of King Henry VII, on 21 June 1506; arranging for Pope Julius II to make (on 18 August 1506) Robert Haldesworth of the Archdiocese of York a papal notary; and on Candlemas Day (15 February 1507/8), ceremoniously accepting candles blessed by the pope to give to Hugh Inge to take to the royal court.

His last recorded act was to persuade the Pope to grant King Henry VII's demand to have revenues from the episcopal see of Durham diverted to the costs of repairing fortifications along the border between England and Scotland, which the Pope granted on 26 July 1508; della Rovere suddenly died less than two months later, in Rome, on 11 September 1508.