Piero de Bonzi

Piero de Bonzi (also Pierre; 15 April 1631 - 11 July 1703) was an Italian-French Roman Catholic cardinal.

He was educated by his uncle Clément Bonzi, bishop of Béziers, who made him join the ecclesiastical state and he became Resident of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany in the French court.

Later he was appointed commendatory abbot of several abbeys in France.

In 1672 Bonzi was created cardinal priest by Pope Clement X, and transferred to the metropolitan see of Narbonne two years later.

From about 1693, he suffered from epilepsy and because of poor health did not participate in the Papal conclave of 1700.

Coat of arms of Pierre de Bonzy - Staircase of the palace of the Archbishops of Narbonne
Coat of arms