On April 13, 1518, he was appointed Legatus a latere to the Emperor Maximilian and to the King of Denmark, in place of Cardinal Farnese, who was unable to carry out the mission due to illness [Paris de Grassis, Il Diario di Leone X (ed.
He became Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica in 1712, where he had long been a Canon, and was promoted to be Cardinal Priest of S. Clemente in March, 1722, for which he was finally ordained a priest in October.