Albert, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545

Albert of Brandenburg, Cardinal and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, b. 28 June 1490; d. 24 September, 1545.

As early as 1509 he was Prebendary in the Cathedral of Mainz; Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of Halberstadt from 1513; Archbishop of Mainz from 1514; Cardinal-Priest from 1518. The indulgence issued by Leo X in 1514 for the building of the new St. Peter's in Rome was entrusted to Albert (1517) for publication in Saxony and Brandenburg. This commission has been made by d'Aubign and others the ground of many accusations against Albert and Leo X, as though they had used the Indulgence as a means of enriching themselves personally. [d'Aubigne, History of the Reformation].

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