Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Accolti, Pietro

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​Accolti, Pietro, brother of the preceding, was born at Florence in 1455, and died there in 1549. He was abbreviator under Leo X., and in that capacity drew up in 1520 the famous bull against Luther. In 1527 he was made a cardinal by Clement VII., who had employed him as his secretary.

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