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<p> Pope (Alessandro de Medici), a descendant of the house of the Medici, was born at [[Florence]] in 1535. After representing [[Tuscany]] for some years at the court of pope Pius V, he was made bishop of [[Pistoia]] in 1573, and archbishop of Florence in 1574. Made cardinal in 1583, he was sent by his predecessor, Ckment VIII, legate a latere to [[France]] to receive [[Henry]] IV into the bosom of the [[Roman]] [[Catholic]] Church. He was very old when elected, on the 1st of April, 1605, by the utmost exertions of the French, against the wishes of the Spanish. He died on the 27th of the same month, it is said. from the fatigue attending the ceremony of taking possession of the patriarchal church of St. John the Lateran. See Artaud de Montor, Histoire des Sourerains Pontifs; Bower, History of the Popes, 7:476; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 30:725; Engl. Cyclop. s.v. </p>
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<ref name="term_48357"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/leo+xi Leo Xi from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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