Giles of Viterbo

Following his service to his Order, Antonini was elevated to the rank of [[cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] by [[Pope Leo X]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 1 July 1517, and given the [[titular church]] of [[San Bartolomeo all'Isola]], but he immediately had the appointment changed to the Church of [[San Matteo in Via Merulana]]. He resigned the office of Prior General in February 1519, and Pope Leo assigned him to several [[episcopal see|sees]] in succession, employed him as [[papal legate|legate]] on important missions, notably to [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles of Spain]], soon to become Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Leo gave him the title of [[Latin Patriarch of Constantinople]] in 1523.<ref name=SRE />

Following his service to his Order, Antonini was elevated to the rank of [[cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] by [[Pope Leo X]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 1 July 1517, and given the [[titular church]] of [[San Bartolomeo all'Isola]], but he immediately had the appointment changed to the Church of [[San Matteo in Via Merulana]]. He resigned the office of Prior General in February 1519, and Pope Leo assigned him to several [[episcopal see|sees]] in succession, employed him as [[papal legate|legate]] on important missions, notably to [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles of Spain]], soon to become Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Leo gave him the title of [[Latin Patriarch of Constantinople]] in 1523.<ref name=SRE />

When the riotous soldiers of Charles V [[Sack of Rome (1527)|sacked Rome in 1527]], Antonini's extensive library was destroyed, and he spent the next year living in exile in [[Padua]]. He requested the transfer of his titular church to the Church of [[San Marcello al Corso]] in 1530.<ref name=SRE /> He was universally esteemed as a learned and virtuous member of the great pontifical senate, and many deemed him destined to succeed [[Pope Clement VII]]. His zeal for the genuine reformation of conditions in the Catholic Church prompted him to present Clement's ultimate successor, [[Pope Adrian VI]], with a [[wikt:promemoria|promemoria]].<ref>Edited by [[Constantin Höfler]] in the proceedings of the [[Munich Academy of Sciences]], III class, IV, 3 (B) 62-89.</ref>

When the riotous soldiers of Charles V [[Sack of Rome (1527)|sacked Rome in 1527]], Antonini's extensive library was destroyed, and he spent the next year living in exile in [[Padua]]. He requested the transfer of his titular church to the Church of [[San Marcello al Corso]] in 1530.<ref name=SRE /> He was universally esteemed as a learned and virtuous member of the great pontifical senate, and many [[papabile|deemed him]] destined to succeed [[Pope Clement VII]]. His zeal for the genuine reformation of conditions in the Catholic Church prompted him to present Clement's ultimate successor, [[Pope Adrian VI]], with a [[wikt:promemoria|promemoria]].<ref>Edited by [[Constantin Höfler]] in the proceedings of the [[Munich Academy of Sciences]], III class, IV, 3 (B) 62-89.</ref>

Antonini died in Rome and was buried in the [[Basilica of Sant'Agostino]].<ref name=SRE />

Antonini died in Rome and was buried in the [[Basilica of Sant'Agostino]].<ref name=SRE />