Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Leone Strozzi | |
Archbishop of Florence | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Florence |
Term: | 1700–1703 |
Predecessor: | Giacomo Antonio Morigia |
Successor: | Tommaso Bonaventura della Gherardesca |
Consecration: | 6 August 1690 |
Consecrated By: | Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni |
Birth Date: | 1638 |
Birth Place: | Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
Death Date: | 4 October 1703 (age 65) |
Death Place: | Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Pistoia e Prato (1690–1700) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Leone Strozzi, O.S.B. (1638–1703) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Florence (1700–1703) and Bishop of Pistoia e Prato (1690–1700).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Leone Strozzi was born in Florence, Italy in 1638 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[6] [7] On 10 July 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Bishop of Pistoia e Prato. On 6 August 1690, he was consecrated bishop by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Nicolò d'Arcano, Bishop of Comacchio, serving as co-consecrators. On 21 June 1700, he was appointed during the papacy of List of popes as Archbishop of Florence. He served as Archbishop of Florence until his death on 4 October 1703.