[1] One of the Medici's keenest supporters, he nevertheless advised Pope Clement VII against starting the siege of Florence in 1529.
He began his career by holding several significant civil posts in Florence, such as in the court of duke Alessandro de' Medici, who set up the new constitution which put an end to the republic of Florence.
He married and had four children, but on his wife's death in 1526, he decided to be ordained to the priesthood[2] and moved to Rome.
)[1] Roberto was later made a cardinal by Pope Paul III in the 2 June 1542 consistory.
Roberto Pucci was later made bishop of the united dioceses of Melfi and Rapolla and Major Penitentiary.